diff --git a/configs/milvus.yaml b/configs/milvus.yaml
index e2ed510722..008cd204ee 100644
--- a/configs/milvus.yaml
+++ b/configs/milvus.yaml
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ proxy:
     timeTick:
       bufSize: 512
   maxNameLength: 255  # Maximum length of name for a collection or alias
-  maxFieldNum: 256     # Maximum number of fields in a collection
+  maxFieldNum: 64     # Maximum number of fields in a collection.
+  # As of today (2.2.0 and after) it is strongly DISCOURAGED to set maxFieldNum >= 64.
+  # So adjust at your risk!
   maxDimension: 32768 # Maximum dimension of a vector
   # It's strongly DISCOURAGED to set `maxShardNum` > 64.
   maxShardNum: 64 # Maximum number of shards in a collection
diff --git a/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog.go b/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog.go
index a08f444ca3..43a7263728 100644
--- a/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog.go
+++ b/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog.go
@@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ func (kc *Catalog) AlterSegments(ctx context.Context, newSegments []*datapb.Segm
 		}
 		maps.Copy(kvsPiece, kvs)
 		currSize += len(kvs)
+		if len(kvs) >= maxEtcdTxnNum {
+			log.Warn("a single segment's Etcd save has over maxEtcdTxnNum operations." +
+				" Please double check your <proxy.maxFieldNum> config")
+		}
 	}
 	if currSize > 0 {
 		if err := etcd.SaveByBatch(kvsPiece, saveFn); err != nil {
@@ -805,10 +809,12 @@ func buildFieldBinlogPath(collectionID typeutil.UniqueID, partitionID typeutil.U
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d/%d/%d/%d", SegmentBinlogPathPrefix, collectionID, partitionID, segmentID, fieldID)
 }
 
+// TODO: There's no need to include fieldID in the delta log path key.
 func buildFieldDeltalogPath(collectionID typeutil.UniqueID, partitionID typeutil.UniqueID, segmentID typeutil.UniqueID, fieldID typeutil.UniqueID) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d/%d/%d/%d", SegmentDeltalogPathPrefix, collectionID, partitionID, segmentID, fieldID)
 }
 
+// TODO: There's no need to include fieldID in the stats log path key.
 func buildFieldStatslogPath(collectionID typeutil.UniqueID, partitionID typeutil.UniqueID, segmentID typeutil.UniqueID, fieldID typeutil.UniqueID) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d/%d/%d/%d", SegmentStatslogPathPrefix, collectionID, partitionID, segmentID, fieldID)
 }
diff --git a/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog_test.go b/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog_test.go
index 27419df787..9ba1644993 100644
--- a/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog_test.go
+++ b/internal/metastore/kv/datacoord/kv_catalog_test.go
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ func Test_AlterSegments(t *testing.T) {
 		err = catalog.AlterSegments(context.TODO(), []*datapb.SegmentInfo{segmentXL})
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, 255+3, len(savedKvs))
-		assert.Equal(t, 5, opGroupCount)
+		assert.Equal(t, 3, opGroupCount)
 
 		adjustedSeg, err := catalog.LoadFromSegmentPath(segmentXL.CollectionID, segmentXL.PartitionID, segmentXL.ID)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -600,8 +600,8 @@ func Test_SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch_MultiSave(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// testing for reaching max operation
 	{
-		segments2 := make([]*datapb.SegmentInfo, 65)
-		for i := 0; i < 65; i++ {
+		segments2 := make([]*datapb.SegmentInfo, 129)
+		for i := 0; i < 129; i++ {
 			segments2[i] = &datapb.SegmentInfo{
 				ID:           int64(i),
 				CollectionID: 1000,
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ func Test_SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch_MultiSave(t *testing.T) {
 		err := catalog.SaveDroppedSegmentsInBatch(context.TODO(), segments2)
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, 2, count)
-		assert.Equal(t, 65, kvSize)
+		assert.Equal(t, 129, kvSize)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/metastore/kv/rootcoord/kv_catalog.go b/internal/metastore/kv/rootcoord/kv_catalog.go
index ce1791faf2..fec38d4336 100644
--- a/internal/metastore/kv/rootcoord/kv_catalog.go
+++ b/internal/metastore/kv/rootcoord/kv_catalog.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func batchMultiSaveAndRemoveWithPrefix(snapshot kv.SnapShotKV, maxTxnNum int, sa
 	saveFn := func(partialKvs map[string]string) error {
 		return snapshot.MultiSave(partialKvs, ts)
 	}
-	if err := etcd.SaveByBatch(saves, saveFn); err != nil {
+	if err := etcd.SaveByBatchWithLimit(saves, maxTxnNum/2, saveFn); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (kc *Catalog) CreateCollection(ctx context.Context, coll *model.Collection,
 
 	// Though batchSave is not atomic enough, we can promise the atomicity outside.
 	// Recovering from failure, if we found collection is creating, we should removing all these related meta.
-	return etcd.SaveByBatch(kvs, func(partialKvs map[string]string) error {
+	return etcd.SaveByBatchWithLimit(kvs, maxTxnNum/2, func(partialKvs map[string]string) error {
 		return kc.Snapshot.MultiSave(partialKvs, ts)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/util/etcd/etcd_util.go b/internal/util/etcd/etcd_util.go
index 2b8f76e61c..75a0e7538d 100644
--- a/internal/util/etcd/etcd_util.go
+++ b/internal/util/etcd/etcd_util.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	maxTxnNum = 64
+	maxTxnNum = 128
 )
 
 // GetEtcdClient returns etcd client
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ func min(a, b int) int {
 	return b
 }
 
-//SaveByBatch there will not guarantee atomicity
-func SaveByBatch(kvs map[string]string, op func(partialKvs map[string]string) error) error {
+// SaveByBatchWithLimit is SaveByBatch with customized limit.
+func SaveByBatchWithLimit(kvs map[string]string, limit int, op func(partialKvs map[string]string) error) error {
 	if len(kvs) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ func SaveByBatch(kvs map[string]string, op func(partialKvs map[string]string) er
 		values = append(values, v)
 	}
 
-	for i := 0; i < len(kvs); i = i + maxTxnNum {
-		end := min(i+maxTxnNum, len(keys))
+	for i := 0; i < len(kvs); i = i + limit {
+		end := min(i+limit, len(keys))
 		batch, err := buildKvGroup(keys[i:end], values[i:end])
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ func SaveByBatch(kvs map[string]string, op func(partialKvs map[string]string) er
 	return nil
 }
 
+// SaveByBatch there will not guarantee atomicity.
+func SaveByBatch(kvs map[string]string, op func(partialKvs map[string]string) error) error {
+	return SaveByBatchWithLimit(kvs, maxTxnNum, op)
+}
+
 func RemoveByBatch(removals []string, op func(partialKeys []string) error) error {
 	if len(removals) == 0 {
 		return nil
diff --git a/tests/python_client/common/common_type.py b/tests/python_client/common/common_type.py
index 07ce6c03cc..6edadb4f45 100644
--- a/tests/python_client/common/common_type.py
+++ b/tests/python_client/common/common_type.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ compact_segment_num_threshold = 3
 compact_delta_ratio_reciprocal = 5  # compact_delta_binlog_ratio is 0.2
 compact_retention_duration = 40  # compaction travel time retention range 20s
 max_compaction_interval = 60  # the max time interval (s) from the last compaction
-max_field_num = 256  # Maximum number of fields in a collection
+max_field_num = 64  # Maximum number of fields in a collection
 default_replica_num = 1
 IMAGE_REPOSITORY_MILVUS = "harbor.milvus.io/dockerhub/milvusdb/milvus"
 NAMESPACE_CHAOS_TESTING = "chaos-testing"