diff --git a/ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.c b/ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.c
index 6561d9ed..7756ec63 100644
--- a/ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.c
+++ b/ext/bigdecimal/bigdecimal.c
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@
 
 #define BIGDECIMAL_VERSION "4.1.0"
 
-#define NTT_MULTIPLICATION_THRESHOLD 350
+/* Make sure VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE*BASE*BASE does not overflow DECDIG_DBL */
+#define VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE 16
+#define NTT_MULTIPLICATION_THRESHOLD 450
 #define NEWTON_RAPHSON_DIVISION_THRESHOLD 100
 #define SIGNED_VALUE_MAX INTPTR_MAX
 #define SIGNED_VALUE_MIN INTPTR_MIN
@@ -4842,7 +4844,7 @@ VP_EXPORT size_t
 VpMult(Real *c, Real *a, Real *b)
 {
     ssize_t a_batch_max, b_batch_max;
-    DECDIG_DBL batch[15];
+    DECDIG_DBL batch[VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE * 2 - 1];
 
     if (!VpIsDefOP(c, a, b, OP_SW_MULT)) return 0; /* No significant digit */
 
@@ -4882,27 +4884,28 @@ VpMult(Real *c, Real *a, Real *b)
     c->Prec = a->Prec + b->Prec; /* set precision */
     memset(c->frac, 0, c->Prec * sizeof(DECDIG)); /* Initialize c  */
 
-    // Process 8 decdigits at a time to reduce the number of carry operations.
-    a_batch_max = (a->Prec - 1) / 8;
-    b_batch_max = (b->Prec - 1) / 8;
+    // Process VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE decdigits at a time to reduce the number of carry operations.
+    a_batch_max = (a->Prec - 1) / VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE;
+    b_batch_max = (b->Prec - 1) / VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE;
     for (ssize_t ibatch = a_batch_max; ibatch >= 0; ibatch--) {
-        int isize = ibatch == a_batch_max ? (a->Prec - 1) % 8 + 1 : 8;
+        int isize = ibatch == a_batch_max ? (a->Prec - 1) % VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE + 1 : VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE;
         for (ssize_t jbatch = b_batch_max; jbatch >= 0; jbatch--) {
-            int jsize = jbatch == b_batch_max ? (b->Prec - 1) % 8 + 1 : 8;
+            int jsize = jbatch == b_batch_max ? (b->Prec - 1) % VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE + 1 : VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE;
             memset(batch, 0, (isize + jsize - 1) * sizeof(DECDIG_DBL));
 
             // Perform multiplication without carry calculation.
-            // 999999999 * 999999999 * 8 < 2**63 - 1, so DECDIG_DBL can hold the intermediate sum without overflow.
+            // BASE * BASE * VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE < 2**64 should be satisfied so that
+            // DECDIG_DBL can hold the intermediate sum without overflow.
             for (int i = 0; i < isize; i++) {
                 for (int j = 0; j < jsize; j++) {
-                    batch[i + j] += (DECDIG_DBL)a->frac[ibatch * 8 + i] * b->frac[jbatch * 8 + j];
+                    batch[i + j] += (DECDIG_DBL)a->frac[ibatch * VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE + i] * b->frac[jbatch * VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE + j];
                 }
             }
 
             // Add the batch result to c with carry calculation.
             DECDIG_DBL carry = 0;
             for (int k = isize + jsize - 2; k >= 0; k--) {
-                size_t l = (ibatch + jbatch) * 8 + k + 1;
+                size_t l = (ibatch + jbatch) * VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE + k + 1;
                 DECDIG_DBL s = c->frac[l] + batch[k] + carry;
                 c->frac[l] = (DECDIG)(s % BASE);
                 carry = (DECDIG_DBL)(s / BASE);
@@ -4911,7 +4914,7 @@ VpMult(Real *c, Real *a, Real *b)
             // Adding carry may exceed BASE, but it won't cause overflow of DECDIG.
             // Exceeded value will be resolved in the carry operation of next (ibatch + jbatch - 1) batch.
             // WARNING: This safety strongly relies on the current nested loop execution order.
-            c->frac[(ibatch + jbatch) * 8] += (DECDIG)carry;
+            c->frac[(ibatch + jbatch) * VPMULT_BATCH_SIZE] += (DECDIG)carry;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/bigdecimal/test_vp_operation.rb b/test/bigdecimal/test_vp_operation.rb
index 5b5dab65..ce690aee 100644
--- a/test/bigdecimal/test_vp_operation.rb
+++ b/test/bigdecimal/test_vp_operation.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def setup
 
   def test_vpmult
     # Max carry case
-    [*32...40].repeated_permutation(2) do |n, m|
+    [*32...48].repeated_permutation(2) do |n, m|
       x = BigDecimal('9' * BASE_FIG * n)
       y = BigDecimal('9' * BASE_FIG * m)
       assert_equal(x.to_i * y.to_i, x.vpmult(y))
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def test_vpmult
 
   def test_nttmult
     # Max carry case
-    [*32...40].repeated_permutation(2) do |n, m|
+    [*32...48].repeated_permutation(2) do |n, m|
       x = BigDecimal('9' * BASE_FIG * n)
       y = BigDecimal('9' * BASE_FIG * m)
       assert_equal(x.to_i * y.to_i, x.nttmult(y))