diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 9662f4b..7614a73 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ API_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS=5000
 API_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS=15000
 API_HEADERS_TIMEOUT_MS=10000
 API_MAX_REQUESTS_PER_SOCKET=100
+API_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_WORKER=500
 
 # Docker json-file log rotation. Applies when using the compose files.
 DOCKER_LOG_MAX_SIZE=100m
diff --git a/docker-compose.external-db.yml b/docker-compose.external-db.yml
index 8c0f5a2..88d8506 100644
--- a/docker-compose.external-db.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.external-db.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ services:
       API_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS: ${API_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS:-15000}
       API_HEADERS_TIMEOUT_MS: ${API_HEADERS_TIMEOUT_MS:-10000}
       API_MAX_REQUESTS_PER_SOCKET: ${API_MAX_REQUESTS_PER_SOCKET:-100}
+      API_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_WORKER: ${API_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_WORKER:-500}
       PM2_ENABLED: ${PM2_ENABLED:-true}
       STRATUM_WORKERS: ${STRATUM_WORKERS:-auto}
       STRATUM_PORTS: ${STRATUM_PORTS:-3333,3332,3331,3330}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f4b8ac5..48697e6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ services:
       API_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS: ${API_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS:-15000}
       API_HEADERS_TIMEOUT_MS: ${API_HEADERS_TIMEOUT_MS:-10000}
       API_MAX_REQUESTS_PER_SOCKET: ${API_MAX_REQUESTS_PER_SOCKET:-100}
+      API_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_WORKER: ${API_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_WORKER:-500}
       PM2_ENABLED: ${PM2_ENABLED:-true}
       STRATUM_WORKERS: ${STRATUM_WORKERS:-auto}
       STRATUM_PORTS: ${STRATUM_PORTS:-3333,3332,3331,3330}
diff --git a/full-setup/docker-compose-mainnet.yml b/full-setup/docker-compose-mainnet.yml
index 019b77d..279aa95 100644
--- a/full-setup/docker-compose-mainnet.yml
+++ b/full-setup/docker-compose-mainnet.yml
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ services:
       API_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS: ${API_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS:-15000}
       API_HEADERS_TIMEOUT_MS: ${API_HEADERS_TIMEOUT_MS:-10000}
       API_MAX_REQUESTS_PER_SOCKET: ${API_MAX_REQUESTS_PER_SOCKET:-100}
+      API_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_WORKER: ${API_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_WORKER:-500}
       PM2_ENABLED: "true"
       STRATUM_WORKERS: ${STRATUM_WORKERS:-2}
       STRATUM_MIN_DIFFICULTY: ${STRATUM_MIN_DIFFICULTY:-1}
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index d31e6fa..83967e5 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const DEFAULT_API_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000;
 const DEFAULT_API_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 15_000;
 const DEFAULT_API_HEADERS_TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000;
 const DEFAULT_API_MAX_REQUESTS_PER_SOCKET = 100;
+const DEFAULT_API_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_WORKER = 500;
 
 function readPositiveInt(name: string, fallback: number): number {
   const value = Number(process.env[name]);
@@ -93,6 +94,11 @@ async function bootstrap() {
 
   const server: any = app.getHttpServer();
   server.headersTimeout = readPositiveInt('API_HEADERS_TIMEOUT_MS', DEFAULT_API_HEADERS_TIMEOUT_MS);
+  server.maxConnections = readPositiveInt(
+    'API_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_WORKER',
+    DEFAULT_API_MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_WORKER,
+  );
+  server.dropMaxConnection = true;
 
   // --- Live-reload TLS certs/keys when they change on disk ---
   if (secure) {