diff --git a/cmd/rook/main.go b/cmd/rook/main.go
index 618abf3b73eb..67888bb4abce 100644
--- a/cmd/rook/main.go
+++ b/cmd/rook/main.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rook/rook/cmd/rook/userfacing"
 	"github.com/rook/rook/cmd/rook/util"
 	"github.com/rook/rook/cmd/rook/version"
+	_ "go.uber.org/automaxprocs"
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d7d2b00740a1..2575aa80770f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/sykesm/zap-logfmt v0.0.4
+	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231127185646-65229373498e
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index acdb6f8ae994..600a2fd09ef0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -665,6 +665,8 @@ github.com/portworx/dcos-secrets v0.0.0-20180616013705-8e8ec3f66611/go.mod h1:4h
 github.com/portworx/kvdb v0.0.0-20200929023115-b312c7519467/go.mod h1:Q8YyrNDvPp3DVF96BDcQuaC7fAYUCuUX+l58S7OnD2M=
 github.com/posener/complete v1.1.1/go.mod h1:em0nMJCgc9GFtwrmVmEMR/ZL6WyhyjMBndrE9hABlRI=
 github.com/pquerna/cachecontrol v0.0.0-20171018203845-0dec1b30a021/go.mod h1:prYjPmNq4d1NPVmpShWobRqXY3q7Vp+80DqgxxUrUIA=
+github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0 h1:BTyx3RfQjRHnUWaGF9oQos79AlQ5k8WNktv7VGvVH4g=
+github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0/go.mod h1:A5zLQHz7ieHGG7is6LLXLz7I8+3LZzsrV0P1IAHhP5U=
 github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.71.2 h1:HZdPRm0ApWPg7F4sHgbqWkL+ddWfpTZsopm5HM/2g4o=
 github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring v0.71.2/go.mod h1:3RiUkFmR9kmPZi9r/8a5jw0a9yg+LMmr7qa0wjqvSiI=
 github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/client v0.71.2 h1:7eyX8MypewjShiOFj6sOX+Ad+EJUIQ5qzdvM/U76cHs=
@@ -791,6 +793,8 @@ go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.5.0/go.mod h1:sABNBOSYdrvTF6hTgEIbc7YasKWGhgEQZyfxyTvoXHQ=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0/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 v1.1.10/go.mod h1:8a7PlsEVH3e/a/GLqe5IIrQx6GzcnRmZEufDUTk4A7A=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=