diff --git a/templates/compose/gitlab.yml.j2 b/templates/compose/gitlab.yml.j2
index 01c58b9..ec9553a 100644
--- a/templates/compose/gitlab.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/compose/gitlab.yml.j2
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ services:
     image: {{ gitlab_image|default("gitlab/gitlab-ce") }}:{{ gitlab_version|default("latest") }}
     container_name: gitlab
     restart: 'unless-stopped'
+    ulimits:
+      nofile:
+        soft: 65536
+        hard: 65536
     labels:
 {% if gitlab_through_traefik is defined and gitlab_through_traefik %}
       traefik.enable: "true"