Medina Medrano, L.E. Barranco García, J. Buffat, X. Papaphilippou, Y. Pieloni, T. Tomás, R. JACoW Geneva, Switzerland 978-3-95450-182-3 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2017-WEOAB2 English 2512-2515 WEOAB2 sextupole optics quadrupole dynamic-aperture luminosity Contribution to a conference proceedings 2017 2017-05 http://dx.doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2017-WEOAB2 http://jacow.org/ipac2017/papers/weoab2.pdf Minimization of the beta-beating at the two main interaction points of the LHC arising from the head-on and long-range beam-beam interactions can be performed by adjusting the strength of quadrupole or sextupole correctors. This compensation scheme is applied to the current LHC optics where the results show a significant reduction of the peak and RMS beta-beating; and the impact on the dynamic aperture is computed. A proposal for a similar strategy to be adopted in the High Luminosity LHC is also discussed.