diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 5cda19da..f6c1de14 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "wget", "-qO", "/dev/null", "http://localhost:5000"]
+    ulimits:
+      nofile:
+        soft: 8192
+        hard: 16384 
+
 
   # Unnecesary for BNE deployment
   # pycsw:
diff --git a/docker-compose.ghcr.yml b/docker-compose.ghcr.yml
index 75165ddc..10abe703 100644
--- a/docker-compose.ghcr.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.ghcr.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "wget", "-qO", "/dev/null", "http://localhost:5000"]
+    ulimits:
+      nofile:
+        soft: 8192
+        hard: 16384 
+
 
   # Unnecesary for BNE deployment
   # pycsw:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c3967e11..d7297eb3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "wget", "-qO", "/dev/null", "http://localhost:5000"]
+    ulimits:
+      nofile:
+        soft: 8192
+        hard: 16384 
+
 
   # Unnecesary for BNE deployment
   # pycsw: