diff --git a/openair2/COMMON/tasks_def.h b/openair2/COMMON/tasks_def.h
index 0b6ae6cc5d8dd3afdb1bb43e88aac70b39922227..23e4b39a49c782c05e3a90a8627c9517f5d76680 100644
--- a/openair2/COMMON/tasks_def.h
+++ b/openair2/COMMON/tasks_def.h
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ SUB_TASK_DEF(TASK_L2L1,     TASK_PDCP_ENB,              200)
 TASK_DEF(TASK_RAL_ENB, TASK_PRIORITY_MED, 200)
 
     // UDP TASK
-    TASK_DEF(TASK_UDP,      TASK_PRIORITY_MED,          200)
+    TASK_DEF(TASK_UDP,      TASK_PRIORITY_MED,          1000)
     // GTP_V1U task
-    TASK_DEF(TASK_GTPV1_U,  TASK_PRIORITY_MED,          200)
+    TASK_DEF(TASK_GTPV1_U,  TASK_PRIORITY_MED,          1000)
     TASK_DEF(TASK_S1AP,     TASK_PRIORITY_MED,          200)
     ///   X2ap task, acts as both source and target
     TASK_DEF(TASK_X2AP,     TASK_PRIORITY_MED,          200)