diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
index 2b02545a9c..8b0f35e5cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         image: [ "ubuntu:22.04", "ubuntu:24.04" ]
-    container: ${{ matrix.image }}
+    container:
+      image: ${{ matrix.image }}
+      options: --ulimit nofile=1000000:1000000
     steps:
       - name: Update and install packages
         run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl git build-essential pkg-config libssl-dev
@@ -71,7 +73,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         image: [ "ubuntu:22.04", "ubuntu:24.04" ]
-    container: ${{ matrix.image }}
+    container:
+      image: ${{ matrix.image }}
+      options: --ulimit nofile=1000000:1000000
     steps:
       - name: Update and install packages
         run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl git build-essential pkg-config libssl-dev