diff --git a/internal/manager/last_rendered/last_rendered.go b/internal/manager/last_rendered/last_rendered.go
index a40c8db8..51ed3fbe 100644
--- a/internal/manager/last_rendered/last_rendered.go
+++ b/internal/manager/last_rendered/last_rendered.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const (
 	// new requests to process.
 	queueSize = 3
 
-	thumbnailJPEGQuality = 80
+	thumbnailJPEGQuality = 85
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/internal/worker/output_uploader.go b/internal/worker/output_uploader.go
index 9a285b68..14298dac 100644
--- a/internal/worker/output_uploader.go
+++ b/internal/worker/output_uploader.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"git.blender.org/flamenco/pkg/last_in_one_out_queue"
 )
 
-const thumbnailJPEGQuality = 80
+const thumbnailJPEGQuality = 85
 
 // OutputUploader sends (downscaled versions of) rendered images to Flamenco
 // Manager. Only one image is sent at a time. A queue of a single image is kept,