diff --git a/src/main/resources/guillotine/resolvers/urlset.ts b/src/main/resources/guillotine/resolvers/urlset.ts
index 1f725c3..cd26fce 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/guillotine/resolvers/urlset.ts
+++ b/src/main/resources/guillotine/resolvers/urlset.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import {
 import {
 	DEFAULT_PRIORITY,
 	DEFAULT_UPDATE_PERIOD,
-	MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT,
 } from '/lib/app-sitemapxml/constants';
 import {queryForSitemapContent} from '/lib/app-sitemapxml/queryForSitemapContent';
 import {URLSET_FIELD_NAME} from '/guillotine/constants';
@@ -78,9 +77,6 @@ export const urlset = (graphQL: GraphQL): Resolver<
 	const {
 		count = maxItemsInt
 	} = args;
-	const limitedCount = count < 0
-		? MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT
-		: Math.min(count, MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT);
 
 	const {
 		branch,
@@ -104,7 +100,7 @@ export const urlset = (graphQL: GraphQL): Resolver<
 			priority,
 			result
 		} = queryForSitemapContent({
-			count: limitedCount,
+			count,
 			site,
 			siteConfig
 		});
diff --git a/src/main/resources/lib/app-sitemapxml/constants.ts b/src/main/resources/lib/app-sitemapxml/constants.ts
index 20b0ed5..b4bce1c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/lib/app-sitemapxml/constants.ts
+++ b/src/main/resources/lib/app-sitemapxml/constants.ts
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ export const DEFAULT_UPDATE_PERIOD:	tChangeFreq = 'monthly';
 
 // https://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd
 // Container for a set of up to 50,000 document elements. This is the root element of the XML file.
-export const MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT: number = 50000;
+export const MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT = 50000;
+
+export const ES_MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT = 10000;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/lib/app-sitemapxml/queryForSitemapContent.ts b/src/main/resources/lib/app-sitemapxml/queryForSitemapContent.ts
index 0457781..863cc01 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/lib/app-sitemapxml/queryForSitemapContent.ts
+++ b/src/main/resources/lib/app-sitemapxml/queryForSitemapContent.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
 import {
 	DEFAULT_PRIORITY,
 	DEFAULT_UPDATE_PERIOD,
+	ES_MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT,
 	MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT
 } from '/lib/app-sitemapxml/constants';
 
@@ -134,8 +135,18 @@ export function queryForSitemapContent({
 
 	const mustNot: QueryDsl[] = blockRobotsDslArray.concat(ignoreDslArray);
 
+	const countBetweenZeroAndMaxItemsLimit = (count >= 0 && count <= MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT)
+		? count
+		: MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT;
+	DEBUG && log.debug('countBetweenZeroAndMaxItemsLimit: %s', toStr(countBetweenZeroAndMaxItemsLimit));
+
+	const countWithinElasticSearchMaxItemsLimitOrMinusOne = (countBetweenZeroAndMaxItemsLimit <= ES_MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT)
+		? countBetweenZeroAndMaxItemsLimit
+		: -1;
+	DEBUG && log.debug('countWithinElasticSearchMaxItemsLimitOrMinusOne: %s', toStr(countWithinElasticSearchMaxItemsLimitOrMinusOne));
+
 	const nodeQueryParams = {
-		count: -1,
+		count: countWithinElasticSearchMaxItemsLimitOrMinusOne,
 		query: {
 			boolean: {
 				must,
@@ -154,7 +165,7 @@ export function queryForSitemapContent({
 	}
 	DEBUG && log.debug('nodeQueryRes.total: %s', nodeQueryRes.total);
 
-	const stopBefore = Math.min(nodeQueryRes.hits.length, count, MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT);
+	const stopBefore = Math.min(nodeQueryRes.hits.length, countBetweenZeroAndMaxItemsLimit);
 	DEBUG && log.debug('stopBefore: %s', stopBefore);
 
 	const contents: {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/site/controllers/sitemap/sitemap.ts b/src/main/resources/site/controllers/sitemap/sitemap.ts
index 3e0c68e..826234f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/site/controllers/sitemap/sitemap.ts
+++ b/src/main/resources/site/controllers/sitemap/sitemap.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
 } from '/lib/xp/portal';
 // @ts-expect-error No types yet.
 import {render} from '/lib/xslt';
-import {MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT} from '/lib/app-sitemapxml/constants';
 import {queryForSitemapContent} from '/lib/app-sitemapxml/queryForSitemapContent';
 
 
@@ -57,17 +56,12 @@ export function get(request: Request<{
 		overrideDomain = '',
 	} = siteConfig || {}; // Handle null (aka no config)
 
-	const maxItemsInt = Math.min(
-		MAX_ITEMS_LIMIT,
-		parseInt(maxItems as string, 10)
-	);
-
 	const {
 		changefreq,
 		priority,
 		result
 	} = queryForSitemapContent({
-		count: maxItemsInt,
+		count: parseInt(maxItems as string, 10),
 		site,
 		siteConfig,
 	});