diff --git a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
index 32ccf69481..2e0f520a43 100644
--- a/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/nova/nova-compute-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ parameters:
     description: The container image to use for the nova_libvirt config_volume
     type: string
   DockerNovaComputeUlimit:
-    default: ['nofile=1024']
+    default: ['nofile=131072']
     description: ulimit for Nova Compute Container
     type: comma_delimited_list
   NovaComputeLoggingSource:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/nova_compute_nofile-0427e49cc8ae70a6.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/nova_compute_nofile-0427e49cc8ae70a6.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7eb0958918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/nova_compute_nofile-0427e49cc8ae70a6.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    With large number of OSDs, where each OSD need a connection, the default
+    nofile (1024) of nova_compute is too small. This changes the default
+    DockerNovaComputeUlimit to 131072 what is the same for cinder.