diff --git a/packages/create-llama/templates/components/engines/python/agent/__init__.py b/packages/create-llama/templates/components/engines/python/agent/__init__.py
index f1b62b873d64d73a5e44183e71cd4f5ffc23fc4f..86e777edbd3f21c3e62b7b20b4cdff59c4d545b6 100644
--- a/packages/create-llama/templates/components/engines/python/agent/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/create-llama/templates/components/engines/python/agent/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def get_chat_engine():
     # Add query tool
     index = get_index()
     llm = index.service_context.llm
-    query_engine = index.as_query_engine(similarity_top_k=5)
+    query_engine = index.as_query_engine(similarity_top_k=3)
     query_engine_tool = QueryEngineTool.from_defaults(query_engine=query_engine)
     tools.append(query_engine_tool)
 
diff --git a/packages/create-llama/templates/components/engines/python/chat/__init__.py b/packages/create-llama/templates/components/engines/python/chat/__init__.py
index 18a6039b55e30e687d525e7c91083d97c0ad29ee..95de61cd825b2ac299caf9faafe98c529c4fe5a7 100644
--- a/packages/create-llama/templates/components/engines/python/chat/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/create-llama/templates/components/engines/python/chat/__init__.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ from app.engine.index import get_index
 
 def get_chat_engine():
     return get_index().as_chat_engine(
-        similarity_top_k=5, chat_mode="condense_plus_context"
+        similarity_top_k=3, chat_mode="condense_plus_context"
     )
diff --git a/packages/create-llama/templates/components/vectordbs/typescript/mongo/index.ts b/packages/create-llama/templates/components/vectordbs/typescript/mongo/index.ts
index 7aceaff06f8b1df4bf67d46ad589218e4e8c6fea..844789c60d538c68c4e364127728544592ebbc47 100644
--- a/packages/create-llama/templates/components/vectordbs/typescript/mongo/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-llama/templates/components/vectordbs/typescript/mongo/index.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ async function getDataSource(llm: LLM) {
 
 export async function createChatEngine(llm: LLM) {
   const index = await getDataSource(llm);
-  const retriever = index.asRetriever({ similarityTopK: 5 });
+  const retriever = index.asRetriever({ similarityTopK: 3 });
   return new ContextChatEngine({
     chatModel: llm,
     retriever,
diff --git a/packages/create-llama/templates/components/vectordbs/typescript/none/index.ts b/packages/create-llama/templates/components/vectordbs/typescript/none/index.ts
index cdd93809dcd7d9939aba8798fdac3639151e4ac5..c3b65ce2366f26ad74c4a66f9ce53ab9347fafdd 100644
--- a/packages/create-llama/templates/components/vectordbs/typescript/none/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-llama/templates/components/vectordbs/typescript/none/index.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ async function getDataSource(llm: LLM) {
 export async function createChatEngine(llm: LLM) {
   const index = await getDataSource(llm);
   const retriever = index.asRetriever();
-  retriever.similarityTopK = 5;
+  retriever.similarityTopK = 3;
 
   return new ContextChatEngine({
     chatModel: llm,
diff --git a/packages/create-llama/templates/components/vectordbs/typescript/pg/index.ts b/packages/create-llama/templates/components/vectordbs/typescript/pg/index.ts
index 96a98085a04398d1393d1bf0bc507aa0973773a4..7de66a2e30a1aa5fb0f5b7b92bc0c6f3b24bfe7f 100644
--- a/packages/create-llama/templates/components/vectordbs/typescript/pg/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-llama/templates/components/vectordbs/typescript/pg/index.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async function getDataSource(llm: LLM) {
 
 export async function createChatEngine(llm: LLM) {
   const index = await getDataSource(llm);
-  const retriever = index.asRetriever({ similarityTopK: 5 });
+  const retriever = index.asRetriever({ similarityTopK: 3 });
   return new ContextChatEngine({
     chatModel: llm,
     retriever,