diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ce1e60d14..f412462b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -795,9 +795,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.155"
+version = "0.2.157"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "97b3888a4aecf77e811145cadf6eef5901f4782c53886191b2f693f24761847c"
+checksum = "374af5f94e54fa97cf75e945cce8a6b201e88a1a07e688b47dfd2a59c66dbd86"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
@@ -1198,6 +1198,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest 0.11.0-pre.9",
  "hmac",
  "image",
+ "libc",
  "log",
  "mio",
  "num-bigint",
diff --git a/pumpkin/Cargo.toml b/pumpkin/Cargo.toml
index 3085385ea..5adf2f361 100644
--- a/pumpkin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pumpkin/Cargo.toml
@@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ uuid = { version = "1.10", features = ["serde", "v3"]}
 
 tokio.workspace = true
 rayon.workspace = true
+libc = "0.2.157"
diff --git a/pumpkin/src/main.rs b/pumpkin/src/main.rs
index 308140a01..1dd68ce79 100644
--- a/pumpkin/src/main.rs
+++ b/pumpkin/src/main.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
     let _profiler = dhat::Profiler::new_heap();
     #[cfg(feature = "dhat-heap")]
     println!("Using a memory profiler");
+
+    adjust_file_descriptor_limits();
+
     let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
         .enable_all()
         .build()
@@ -175,6 +178,36 @@ fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
     })
 }
 
+fn adjust_file_descriptor_limits() {
+    let mut limits = libc::rlimit {
+        rlim_cur: 0,
+        rlim_max: 0,
+    };
+
+    if unsafe { libc::getrlimit(libc::RLIMIT_NOFILE, &mut limits) } != 0 {
+        panic!(
+            "Failed to get the current file handle limits {}",
+            std::io::Error::last_os_error()
+        );
+    };
+
+    let limit_before = limits.rlim_cur;
+    limits.rlim_cur = limits.rlim_max;
+
+    if unsafe { libc::setrlimit(libc::RLIMIT_NOFILE, &limits) } != 0 {
+        panic!(
+            "Failed to set the file handle limits {}",
+            std::io::Error::last_os_error()
+        );
+    }
+
+    log::debug!(
+        "file descriptor adjusted to {} from {}",
+        limits.rlim_max,
+        limit_before
+    );
+}
+
 fn next(current: &mut Token) -> Token {
     let next = current.0;
     current.0 += 1;