diff --git a/usr/sbin/so-elastic-start-elasticsearch b/usr/sbin/so-elastic-start-elasticsearch
index fc97178..bf2f925 100755
--- a/usr/sbin/so-elastic-start-elasticsearch
+++ b/usr/sbin/so-elastic-start-elasticsearch
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [ "$ELASTICSEARCH_ENABLED" = "yes" ]; then
                         --publish $ELASTICSEARCH_PUBLISH_IP:9300:9300 \
                         --ulimit memlock=-1:-1 \
                         --ulimit nofile=65536:65536 \
-                        --ulimit nproc=2048 \
+                        --ulimit nproc=4096 \
                         --volume /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml:ro \
                         --volume /etc/elasticsearch/log4j2.properties:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/log4j2.properties:ro \
                         --volume /nsm/elasticsearch:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data \