diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzNetworking/AzNetworking/UdpTransport/UdpConnection.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzNetworking/AzNetworking/UdpTransport/UdpConnection.cpp
index 03d4e7bec9..452992f971 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzNetworking/AzNetworking/UdpTransport/UdpConnection.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzNetworking/AzNetworking/UdpTransport/UdpConnection.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ namespace AzNetworking
             AZLOG(NET_Acks, "Unacked packet count exceeded, sending client heartbeat (curr %u : max %u)", m_unackedPacketCount, static_cast<uint32_t>(net_UdpMaxUnackedPacketCount));
             // This simply times out unreliable chunks that haven't completed within our timeout delay
             m_fragmentQueue.Update();
+            // This heartbeat is sent to minimize the time the remote endpoint spends waiting for ack vector replication, we don't require a response
             SendUnreliablePacket(CorePackets::HeartbeatPacket(false));
         }
     }
@@ -291,6 +292,7 @@ namespace AzNetworking
             }
             if (packet.GetRequestResponse())
             {
+                // We're replying to a heartbeat request, we don't want a response
                 SendUnreliablePacket(CorePackets::HeartbeatPacket(false));
             }
             return PacketDispatchResult::Success;
diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzNetworking/AzNetworking/UdpTransport/UdpNetworkInterface.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzNetworking/AzNetworking/UdpTransport/UdpNetworkInterface.cpp
index 67bb80a44c..280b749d9e 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzNetworking/AzNetworking/UdpTransport/UdpNetworkInterface.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzNetworking/AzNetworking/UdpTransport/UdpNetworkInterface.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace AzNetworking
 
     AZ_CVAR(bool, net_UdpTimeoutConnections, true, nullptr, AZ::ConsoleFunctorFlags::DontReplicate, "Boolean value on whether we should timeout Udp connections");
     AZ_CVAR(AZ::TimeMs, net_UdpPacketTimeSliceMs, AZ::TimeMs{ 8 }, nullptr, AZ::ConsoleFunctorFlags::DontReplicate, "The number of milliseconds to allow for packet processing");
-    AZ_CVAR(int32_t, net_UdpUnackedHeartbeats, 3, nullptr, AZ::ConsoleFunctorFlags::Null, "The number of heartbeats to attempt to send to keep a connection alive before giving up");
+    AZ_CVAR(int32_t, net_UdpUnackedHeartbeats, 5, nullptr, AZ::ConsoleFunctorFlags::Null, "The number of heartbeats to attempt to send to keep a connection alive before giving up");
     AZ_CVAR(AZ::TimeMs, net_UdpDefaultTimeoutMs, AZ::TimeMs{ 10 * 1000 }, nullptr, AZ::ConsoleFunctorFlags::Null, "Time in milliseconds before we timeout an idle Udp connection");
     AZ_CVAR(AZ::TimeMs, net_MinPacketTimeoutMs, AZ::TimeMs{ 200 }, nullptr, AZ::ConsoleFunctorFlags::DontReplicate, "Minimum time to wait before timing out an unacked packet");
     AZ_CVAR(int32_t, net_MaxTimeoutsPerFrame, 1000, nullptr, AZ::ConsoleFunctorFlags::DontReplicate, "Maximum number of packet timeouts to allow to process in a single frame");