diff --git a/components/openstack/mariadb-instance.yaml b/components/openstack/mariadb-instance.yaml
index 7e1653e1e..b6e96cc44 100644
--- a/components/openstack/mariadb-instance.yaml
+++ b/components/openstack/mariadb-instance.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ spec:
     binlog_format=row
     innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=2
     max_allowed_packet=256M
+    max_connections=1024
 
   metrics:
     enabled: true