diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 7f07caaaa..b2bff6a7a 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -50,4 +50,5 @@ The following binary downloads have been compiled with ESP8266/Arduino library c
 
 - Change Settings text handling allowing variable length text within a total text pool of 699 characters
 - Change Smoother ``Fade`` using 100Hz instead of 20Hz animation (#7179)
+- Change max number of rule ``Mem``s from 5 to 16 (#4933)
 - Add support for max 150 characters in command parameter strings (#3686, #4754)
diff --git a/tasmota/CHANGELOG.md b/tasmota/CHANGELOG.md
index 6930b6ab4..1c99c7223 100644
--- a/tasmota/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tasmota/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Change Settings text handling allowing variable length text within a total text pool of 699 characters
 - Change Smoother ``Fade`` using 100Hz instead of 20Hz animation (#7179)
+- Change max number of rule ``Mem``s from 5 to 16 (#4933)
 - Add support for max 150 characters in most command parameter strings (#3686, #4754)
 
 ## Released
diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota.h b/tasmota/tasmota.h
index d68907185..bdbe5d177 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota.h
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const uint8_t MAX_PCF8574 = 8;              // Max number of PCF8574 devices
 const uint8_t MAX_RULE_SETS = 3;            // Max number of rule sets of size 512 characters
 const uint16_t MAX_RULE_SIZE = 512;         // Max number of characters in rules
 
-const uint8_t MAX_RULE_MEMS = 5;            // Max number of saved vars
+const uint8_t MAX_RULE_MEMS = 16;           // Max number of saved vars
 const uint8_t MAX_HUE_DEVICES = 15;         // Max number of Philips Hue device per emulation
 
 const char MQTT_TOKEN_PREFIX[] PROGMEM = "%prefix%";  // To be substituted by mqtt_prefix[x]
diff --git a/tasmota/xdrv_10_rules.ino b/tasmota/xdrv_10_rules.ino
index 6e1636518..72276f94b 100644
--- a/tasmota/xdrv_10_rules.ino
+++ b/tasmota/xdrv_10_rules.ino
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ char rules_vars[MAX_RULE_VARS][33] = {{ 0 }};
 #if (MAX_RULE_VARS>16)
 #error MAX_RULE_VARS is bigger than 16
 #endif
-#if (MAX_RULE_MEMS>5)
-#error MAX_RULE_MEMS is bigger than 5
+#if (MAX_RULE_MEMS>16)
+#error MAX_RULE_MEMS is bigger than 16
 #endif
 
 /*******************************************************************************************/