diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/ccchoir/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2 b/resources/chaosknoten/ccchoir/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
index 72d898fa..2dff4bcd 100644
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/ccchoir/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
+++ b/resources/chaosknoten/ccchoir/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 services:
   database:
-    image: docker.io/library/mariadb:11
+    image: docker.io/library/mariadb:12
     environment:
       - "MARIADB_DATABASE=wordpress"
       - "MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD={{ secret__mariadb_root_password }}"
diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/public-reverse-proxy/nginx/nginx.conf b/resources/chaosknoten/public-reverse-proxy/nginx/nginx.conf
index c7be7563..04b310a1 100644
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/public-reverse-proxy/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/resources/chaosknoten/public-reverse-proxy/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 user  nginx;
 worker_processes  auto;
+worker_rlimit_nofile  2050; # should be worker_connections*2 at least
 
 error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log notice;
 pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;