diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/config.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/config.go
index 1f89ab2b5..5827c1c33 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/config.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	PreflightEnableDebug                        bool
 	SQLiteDBPath                                string
 	TransactionLedgerRetentionWindow            uint32
+	LedgerRetentionWindow                       uint32
 	RequestBacklogGlobalQueueLimit              uint
 	RequestBacklogGetHealthQueueLimit           uint
 	RequestBacklogGetEventsQueueLimit           uint
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/options.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/options.go
index cecfb2e7d..f3c308944 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/options.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/config/options.go
@@ -225,6 +225,16 @@ func (cfg *Config) options() ConfigOptions {
 			DefaultValue: uint32(1440),
 			Validate:     positive,
 		},
+
+		{
+			Name: "ledger-retention-window",
+			Usage: "configures the common retention window for events and transactions expressed in number of ledgers," +
+				" the default value is 17280 which corresponds to about 24 hours of history",
+			ConfigKey:    &cfg.LedgerRetentionWindow,
+			DefaultValue: uint32(ledgerbucketwindow.DefaultLedgerRetentionWindow),
+			Validate:     positive,
+		},
+
 		{
 			Name:         "max-events-limit",
 			Usage:        "Maximum amount of events allowed in a single getEvents response",
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/daemon/daemon.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/daemon/daemon.go
index 63afb9a71..f233ad655 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -175,12 +175,12 @@ func MustNew(cfg *config.Config) *Daemon {
 	eventStore := events.NewMemoryStore(
 		daemon,
 		cfg.NetworkPassphrase,
-		cfg.EventLedgerRetentionWindow,
+		cfg.LedgerRetentionWindow,
 	)
 	transactionStore := transactions.NewMemoryStore(
 		daemon,
 		cfg.NetworkPassphrase,
-		cfg.TransactionLedgerRetentionWindow,
+		cfg.LedgerRetentionWindow,
 	)
 
 	// initialize the stores using what was on the DB
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerbucketwindow/ledgerbucketwindow.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerbucketwindow/ledgerbucketwindow.go
index 0d447e716..62fe45789 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerbucketwindow/ledgerbucketwindow.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/ledgerbucketwindow/ledgerbucketwindow.go
@@ -24,10 +24,14 @@ type LedgerBucket[T any] struct {
 // an incoming event in memory. The value was calculated to align with (roughly) 24 hours window.
 const DefaultEventLedgerRetentionWindow = 17280
 
+// DefaultLedgerRetentionWindow represents default number of ledgers we would like to keep for events and transactions.
+// The value was calculated to align with (roughly) 24 hours window.
+const DefaultLedgerRetentionWindow = 17280
+
 // NewLedgerBucketWindow creates a new LedgerBucketWindow
 func NewLedgerBucketWindow[T any](retentionWindow uint32) *LedgerBucketWindow[T] {
 	if retentionWindow == 0 {
-		retentionWindow = DefaultEventLedgerRetentionWindow
+		retentionWindow = DefaultLedgerRetentionWindow
 	}
 	return &LedgerBucketWindow[T]{
 		buckets: make([]LedgerBucket[T], 0, retentionWindow),
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/test/integration.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/test/integration.go
index ea918d13d..3c12d7095 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/test/integration.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/test/integration.go
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ func (i *Test) launchDaemon(coreBinaryPath string) {
 	config.SQLiteDBPath = path.Join(i.t.TempDir(), "soroban_rpc.sqlite")
 	config.IngestionTimeout = 10 * time.Minute
 	config.EventLedgerRetentionWindow = ledgerbucketwindow.DefaultEventLedgerRetentionWindow
+	config.LedgerRetentionWindow = ledgerbucketwindow.DefaultLedgerRetentionWindow
 	config.CheckpointFrequency = checkpointFrequency
 	config.MaxHealthyLedgerLatency = time.Second * 10
 	config.PreflightEnableDebug = true