diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/fix_ulimit.yml b/changelogs/fragments/fix_ulimit.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00e356d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/fix_ulimit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - Run leapp with increased per-process file descriptor limit
+...
diff --git a/roles/analysis/tasks/analysis-leapp.yml b/roles/analysis/tasks/analysis-leapp.yml
index 631c3a5..ef00513 100644
--- a/roles/analysis/tasks/analysis-leapp.yml
+++ b/roles/analysis/tasks/analysis-leapp.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.shell: >
     set -o pipefail;
     export PATH={{ os_path }};
+    ulimit -n 16384;
     leapp preupgrade --report-schema=1.2.0
     {{ leapp_preupg_opts }}
     {{ leapp_enable_repos_args }}
diff --git a/roles/upgrade/tasks/leapp-upgrade.yml b/roles/upgrade/tasks/leapp-upgrade.yml
index 7210dbf..210164e 100644
--- a/roles/upgrade/tasks/leapp-upgrade.yml
+++ b/roles/upgrade/tasks/leapp-upgrade.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
       ansible.builtin.shell: >
         set -o pipefail;
         export PATH={{ os_path }};
+        ulimit -n 16384;
         leapp upgrade --report-schema=1.2.0
         {{ leapp_upgrade_opts }}
         {{ leapp_enable_repos_args }}