diff --git a/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2 b/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2
index a4210fa9ca..7c426dbf89 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ wsrep_sst_method=xtrabackup-v2
 wsrep_sst_auth={{ database_user }}:{{ database_password }}
 wsrep_slave_threads=4
 
-max_connections=1000
+max_connections=10000
 
 [server]
 pid-file=/var/lib/mysql/mariadb.pid