diff --git a/roles/container-engine/containerd/defaults/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/containerd/defaults/main.yml
index cc630ff20..a5ef23637 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/containerd/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/containerd/defaults/main.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ containerd_additional_runtimes: []
 #    engine: ""
 #    root: ""
 
-containerd_base_runtime_spec_rlimit_nofile: 16384
+containerd_base_runtime_spec_rlimit_nofile: 65535
 
 containerd_default_base_runtime_spec_patch:
   process: