diff --git a/.changeset/tender-colts-return.md b/.changeset/tender-colts-return.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16c0b2da1ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tender-colts-return.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"chainlink": patch
+---
+
+#updated celo alfajores config
diff --git a/ccip/config/evm/Celo_Testnet.toml b/ccip/config/evm/Celo_Testnet.toml
index 4f457b103e0..0e4594150dd 100644
--- a/ccip/config/evm/Celo_Testnet.toml
+++ b/ccip/config/evm/Celo_Testnet.toml
@@ -1,21 +1,30 @@
 ChainID = '44787'
 ChainType = 'celo'
-FinalityDepth = 10
-LogPollInterval = '5s'
-MinIncomingConfirmations = 1
+FinalityTagEnabled = true
+FinalityDepth = 2750 # mean finality time of ~37 minutes + 500 block buffer
+LogPollInterval = '1s' # 1 sec block rate
 NoNewHeadsThreshold = '1m'
-OCR.ContractConfirmations = 1
-NoNewFinalizedHeadsThreshold = '1m'
+MinIncomingConfirmations = 1
+NoNewFinalizedHeadsThreshold = '45m' # Set slightly higher than mean finality time
 
 [GasEstimator]
-PriceDefault = '5 gwei'
-PriceMax = '500 gwei'
-PriceMin = '5 gwei'
-BumpMin = '2 gwei'
+EIP1559DynamicFees = true
+PriceMin = '5 gwei' # Mean gas price around 5 gwei and celo txns are extremely cheap at ~0.00088 CELO per txn ($0.000058)
+PriceMax = '1000 gwei' # DS&A recommendation
 
 [GasEstimator.BlockHistory]
-BlockHistorySize = 24
+# Default is 8, which leads to bumpy gas prices. In CCIP
+# we want to smooth out the gas prices, so we increase the sample size.
+BlockHistorySize = 200
+
+[Transactions]
+ResendAfterThreshold = '30s'
 
 [HeadTracker]
-HistoryDepth = 50
-PersistenceEnabled = false
+HistoryDepth = 300
+
+[NodePool]
+SyncThreshold = 10 # recommended for OP stack chains
+
+[OCR]
+ContractConfirmations = 1 # recommended for OP stack chains
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diff --git a/core/chains/evm/config/toml/defaults/Celo_Testnet.toml b/core/chains/evm/config/toml/defaults/Celo_Testnet.toml
index 8bee5323f4d..0e4594150dd 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/config/toml/defaults/Celo_Testnet.toml
+++ b/core/chains/evm/config/toml/defaults/Celo_Testnet.toml
@@ -1,21 +1,30 @@
 ChainID = '44787'
 ChainType = 'celo'
-FinalityDepth = 10
-LogPollInterval = '5s'
-MinIncomingConfirmations = 1
+FinalityTagEnabled = true
+FinalityDepth = 2750 # mean finality time of ~37 minutes + 500 block buffer
+LogPollInterval = '1s' # 1 sec block rate
 NoNewHeadsThreshold = '1m'
-OCR.ContractConfirmations = 1
-FinalizedBlockOffset = 2
-NoNewFinalizedHeadsThreshold = '1m'
+MinIncomingConfirmations = 1
+NoNewFinalizedHeadsThreshold = '45m' # Set slightly higher than mean finality time
 
 [GasEstimator]
-PriceDefault = '5 gwei'
-PriceMax = '500 gwei'
-PriceMin = '5 gwei'
-BumpMin = '2 gwei'
+EIP1559DynamicFees = true
+PriceMin = '5 gwei' # Mean gas price around 5 gwei and celo txns are extremely cheap at ~0.00088 CELO per txn ($0.000058)
+PriceMax = '1000 gwei' # DS&A recommendation
 
 [GasEstimator.BlockHistory]
-BlockHistorySize = 24
+# Default is 8, which leads to bumpy gas prices. In CCIP
+# we want to smooth out the gas prices, so we increase the sample size.
+BlockHistorySize = 200
+
+[Transactions]
+ResendAfterThreshold = '30s'
 
 [HeadTracker]
-HistoryDepth = 50
+HistoryDepth = 300
+
+[NodePool]
+SyncThreshold = 10 # recommended for OP stack chains
+
+[OCR]
+ContractConfirmations = 1 # recommended for OP stack chains
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diff --git a/docs/CONFIG.md b/docs/CONFIG.md
index b28a83d1dfa..b5cc4615588 100644
--- a/docs/CONFIG.md
+++ b/docs/CONFIG.md
@@ -6691,10 +6691,10 @@ AutoCreateKey = true
 BlockBackfillDepth = 10
 BlockBackfillSkip = false
 ChainType = 'celo'
-FinalityDepth = 10
-FinalityTagEnabled = false
+FinalityDepth = 2750
+FinalityTagEnabled = true
 LogBackfillBatchSize = 1000
-LogPollInterval = '5s'
+LogPollInterval = '1s'
 LogKeepBlocksDepth = 100000
 LogPrunePageSize = 0
 BackupLogPollerBlockDelay = 100
@@ -6705,8 +6705,8 @@ NoNewHeadsThreshold = '1m0s'
 LogBroadcasterEnabled = true
 RPCDefaultBatchSize = 250
 RPCBlockQueryDelay = 1
-FinalizedBlockOffset = 2
-NoNewFinalizedHeadsThreshold = '1m0s'
+FinalizedBlockOffset = 0
+NoNewFinalizedHeadsThreshold = '45m0s'
 
 [Transactions]
 ForwardersEnabled = false
@@ -6714,7 +6714,7 @@ MaxInFlight = 16
 MaxQueued = 250
 ReaperInterval = '1h0m0s'
 ReaperThreshold = '168h0m0s'
-ResendAfterThreshold = '1m0s'
+ResendAfterThreshold = '30s'
 
 [Transactions.AutoPurge]
 Enabled = false
@@ -6724,25 +6724,25 @@ Enabled = true
 
 [GasEstimator]
 Mode = 'BlockHistory'
-PriceDefault = '5 gwei'
-PriceMax = '500 gwei'
+PriceDefault = '20 gwei'
+PriceMax = '1 micro'
 PriceMin = '5 gwei'
 LimitDefault = 500000
 LimitMax = 500000
 LimitMultiplier = '1'
 LimitTransfer = 21000
 EstimateLimit = false
-BumpMin = '2 gwei'
+BumpMin = '5 gwei'
 BumpPercent = 20
 BumpThreshold = 3
-EIP1559DynamicFees = false
+EIP1559DynamicFees = true
 FeeCapDefault = '100 gwei'
 TipCapDefault = '1 wei'
 TipCapMin = '1 wei'
 
 [GasEstimator.BlockHistory]
 BatchSize = 25
-BlockHistorySize = 24
+BlockHistorySize = 200
 CheckInclusionBlocks = 12
 CheckInclusionPercentile = 90
 TransactionPercentile = 60
@@ -6751,7 +6751,7 @@ TransactionPercentile = 60
 CacheTimeout = '10s'
 
 [HeadTracker]
-HistoryDepth = 50
+HistoryDepth = 300
 MaxBufferSize = 3
 SamplingInterval = '1s'
 MaxAllowedFinalityDepth = 10000
@@ -6762,7 +6762,7 @@ PersistenceEnabled = true
 PollFailureThreshold = 5
 PollInterval = '10s'
 SelectionMode = 'HighestHead'
-SyncThreshold = 5
+SyncThreshold = 10
 LeaseDuration = '0s'
 NodeIsSyncingEnabled = false
 FinalizedBlockPollInterval = '5s'