diff --git a/docker/federation/nginx.conf b/docker/federation/nginx.conf
index 425371bee..d0cfd5e58 100644
--- a/docker/federation/nginx.conf
+++ b/docker/federation/nginx.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 events {
-    worker_connections 1024;
+    worker_connections 10000;
 }
 
 http {
diff --git a/docker/nginx.conf b/docker/nginx.conf
index 529e64a2a..8ef99d988 100644
--- a/docker/nginx.conf
+++ b/docker/nginx.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 worker_processes 1;
 events {
-    worker_connections 1024;
+    worker_connections 10000;
 }
 http {
     upstream lemmy {