diff --git a/internal/abi/fastly/hostcalls_guest.go b/internal/abi/fastly/hostcalls_guest.go
index f83e91f..9cf8a48 100644
--- a/internal/abi/fastly/hostcalls_guest.go
+++ b/internal/abi/fastly/hostcalls_guest.go
@@ -2487,12 +2487,13 @@ alloc:
 	status := fastlyDictionaryGet(
 		d.h,
 		keyBuffer.Data, keyBuffer.Len,
-		prim.ToPointer(buf.Char8Pointer()),
-		buf.Cap(),
+		prim.ToPointer(buf.Char8Pointer()), buf.Cap(),
 		prim.ToPointer(buf.NPointer()),
 	)
-	if status == FastlyStatusBufLen && buf.NValue() > 0 {
-		n = int(buf.NValue())
+	// The Dictionary API cannot return the needed size with this error.
+	// Instead of perfectly adapting, we allocate the maximum length a value can have.
+	if status == FastlyStatusBufLen && n < dictionaryValueMaxLen {
+		n = dictionaryValueMaxLen
 		goto alloc // goto saves having to allocate a function closure and avoids having to duplicate the hostcall
 	}
 
@@ -2521,8 +2522,7 @@ func (d *Dictionary) Has(key string) (bool, error) {
 	if err := fastlyDictionaryGet(
 		d.h,
 		keyBuffer.Data, keyBuffer.Len,
-		prim.NullChar8Pointer(),
-		0,
+		prim.NullChar8Pointer(), 0,
 		prim.ToPointer(&npointer),
 	); err != FastlyStatusOK {
 		if err == FastlyStatusBufLen {
diff --git a/internal/abi/fastly/types.go b/internal/abi/fastly/types.go
index db058c3..da414cc 100644
--- a/internal/abi/fastly/types.go
+++ b/internal/abi/fastly/types.go
@@ -185,8 +185,9 @@ func IsFastlyError(err error) (FastlyStatus, bool) {
 }
 
 const (
-	ipBufLen  = 16  // known size for IP address buffers
-	dnsBufLen = 256 // known size for "DNS" values, enough to hold the longest possible hostname or domain name
+	ipBufLen              = 16   // known size for IP address buffers
+	dnsBufLen             = 256  // known size for "DNS" values, enough to hold the longest possible hostname or domain name
+	dictionaryValueMaxLen = 8192 // known size for maximum config store value https://docs.fastly.com/en/guides/about-edge-dictionaries#limitations-and-considerations
 
 	DefaultSmallBufLen  = 128  // default size for "typically-small" values with variable sizes: HTTP methods, header names, tls protocol names, cipher suites
 	DefaultMediumBufLen = 1024 // default size for values between small and large with variable sizes