diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/loadbalancer/nginx.conf.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/loadbalancer/nginx.conf.j2
index c57f47bd1..fb974eebc 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/loadbalancer/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/templates/loadbalancer/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 error_log stderr notice;
 
 worker_processes 2;
-worker_rlimit_nofile 130048;
+worker_rlimit_nofile 65535;
 worker_shutdown_timeout 10s;
 
 events {