diff --git a/ledger/src/blockstore.rs b/ledger/src/blockstore.rs
index 4dca5919f..cce9b3d8c 100644
--- a/ledger/src/blockstore.rs
+++ b/ledger/src/blockstore.rs
@@ -4218,7 +4218,10 @@ fn adjust_ulimit_nofile(_enforce_ulimit_nofile: bool) -> Result<()> {
 fn adjust_ulimit_nofile(enforce_ulimit_nofile: bool) -> Result<()> {
     // Rocks DB likes to have many open files.  The default open file descriptor limit is
     // usually not enough
-    let desired_nofile = 500000;
+    // AppendVecs and disk Account Index are also heavy users of mmapped files.
+    // This should be kept in sync with published validator instructions.
+    // https://docs.solana.com/running-validator/validator-start#increased-memory-mapped-files-limit
+    let desired_nofile = 1_000_000;
 
     fn get_nofile() -> libc::rlimit {
         let mut nofile = libc::rlimit {