diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 28034f247..a56209730 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6045,6 +6045,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "restate-tracing-instrumentation",
  "restate-types",
  "restate-worker",
+ "rlimit",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
  "serde_with",
@@ -6462,6 +6463,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rlimit"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3560f70f30a0f16d11d01ed078a07740fe6b489667abc7c7b029155d9f21c3d8"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rocksdb"
 version = "0.22.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 189a7e83a..8192aca1f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ prost-build = "0.12.1"
 prost-types = "0.12.1"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 rayon = { version = "1.10" }
+rlimit = { version = "0.10.1" }
 rocksdb = { version = "0.22.0", features = ["multi-threaded-cf"], git = "/~https://github.com/restatedev/rust-rocksdb", rev="64a3c698910380e4fcbd8e56ce459779932cf1ff" }
 rustls = "0.21.6"
 schemars = { version = "0.8", features = ["bytes", "enumset"] }
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 61f502f43..09476fda0 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ humantime = { workspace = true }
 notify = { version = "6.0.1" }
 notify-debouncer-mini = { version = "0.4.1" }
 pin-project = { workspace = true }
+rlimit = { workspace = true }
 schemars = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_with = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 1df812446..57b332fb4 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ fn main() {
 
     // Setting initial configuration as global current
     restate_types::config::set_current_config(config);
-
+    if rlimit::increase_nofile_limit(u64::MAX).is_err() {
+        warn!("Failed to increase the number of open file descriptors limit.");
+    }
     let tc = TaskCenterBuilder::default()
         .options(Configuration::pinned().common.clone())
         .build()