diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dc432bf94292..c9d3f3ba08c3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ require (
 	gitlab.com/bosi/decorder v0.4.1
 	go-simpler.org/musttag v0.9.0
 	go-simpler.org/sloglint v0.4.0
+	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240103183307-be819d1f06fc
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.18.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4d3231e3bb95..e099cf933ddc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -433,6 +433,8 @@ github.com/polyfloyd/go-errorlint v1.4.8 h1:jiEjKDH33ouFktyez7sckv6pHWif9B7SuS8c
 github.com/polyfloyd/go-errorlint v1.4.8/go.mod h1:NNCxFcFjZcw3xNjVdCchERkEM6Oz7wta2XJVxRftwO4=
 github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20210106213030-5aafc221ea8c h1:ncq/mPwQF4JjgDlrVEn3C11VoGHZN7m8qihwgMEtzYw=
 github.com/power-devops/perfstat v0.0.0-20210106213030-5aafc221ea8c/go.mod h1:OmDBASR4679mdNQnz2pUhc2G8CO2JrUAVFDRBDP/hJE=
+github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0 h1:BTyx3RfQjRHnUWaGF9oQos79AlQ5k8WNktv7VGvVH4g=
+github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0/go.mod h1:A5zLQHz7ieHGG7is6LLXLz7I8+3LZzsrV0P1IAHhP5U=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1/go.mod h1:PY5Wy2awLA44sXw4AOSfFBetzPP4j5+D6mVACh+pe2M=
@@ -606,6 +608,8 @@ go.opencensus.io v0.22.3/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.opencensus.io v0.22.4/go.mod h1:yxeiOL68Rb0Xd1ddK5vPZ/oVn4vY4Ynel7k9FzqtOIw=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0 h1:ADUqmZGgLDDfbSL9ZmPxKTybcoEYHgpYfELNoN+7hsw=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3 h1:kWazyxZUrS3Gs4qUpbwo5kEIMGe/DAvi5Z4tl2NW4j8=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3/go.mod h1:eRbA25aqJrxAbsLO0xy5jVwPt7FQnRgjW+efnwa1WM0=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.11 h1:wy28qYRKZgnJTxGxvye5/wgWr1EKjmUDGYox5mGlRlI=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.11/go.mod h1:cwTWslyiVhfpKIDGSZEM2HlOvcqm+tG4zioyIeLoqMQ=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 h1:y6IPFStTAIT5Ytl7/XYmHvzXQ7S3g/IeZW9hyZ5thw4=
diff --git a/pkg/commands/run.go b/pkg/commands/run.go
index e47af1ab6393..e9efcddd5623 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/run.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/run.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"go.uber.org/automaxprocs/maxprocs"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
@@ -154,7 +155,12 @@ func (c *runCommand) persistentPreRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't load config: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(c.cfg.Run.Concurrency)
+	if c.cfg.Run.Concurrency == 0 {
+		// Automatically set GOMAXPROCS to match Linux container CPU quota.
+		_, _ = maxprocs.Set(nil)
+	} else {
+		runtime.GOMAXPROCS(c.cfg.Run.Concurrency)
+	}
 
 	return c.startTracing()
 }