diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/burglars/burglars.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/burglars/burglars.dm
index 33ea7cc2adb..7b4fbe8a8d5 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/burglars/burglars.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/burglars/burglars.dm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /datum/game_mode/burglars
 	name = "burglars"
 	config_tag = "burglars"
-	max_players = 20
+	max_players = 15
 	required_enemies = 2
 	round_description = "Something tiny is on the horizon! Is it the distance, or...?"
 	extended_round_description = "Two of the Orion Spur's best and brightest (or so they were told) have been tasked with burglarizing a station that will change the way capitalism grips this galaxy forever (or so they were told). It is up to the crew to repel them, and up to them to survive and possibly thrive."
diff --git a/html/changelogs/Ferner-201114-coding_burglarlimit.yml b/html/changelogs/Ferner-201114-coding_burglarlimit.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9259f1bf9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/Ferner-201114-coding_burglarlimit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+author: Ferner
+delete-after: True
+changes:
+  - tweak: "Lowered the max number of players for the burglar gamemode from 20 to 15."
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