Thread:Project:Support desk/Api request - more than 5000 category members - how?

I have a user with apihighlimits on my test mediawiki (wmf/1.22wmf13). How do make a request with api.php where I get more than 5000 category members? I have tried something like: http://localhost/t/api.php?action=query&list=categorymembers&cmtitle=Category:A&cmlimit=max&format=xml - It works with AWB - so Im sure the user has the right. If I set cmlimit to e.g. 6000 it says "cmlimit may not be over 5000 (set to 6000) for bots or sysops"