diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7874e1ec3dd..22d022826be 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2659,6 +2659,16 @@ version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "25cbce373ec4653f1a01a31e8a5e5ec0c622dc27ff9c4e6606eefef5cbbed4a5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fdlimit"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e182f7dbc2ef73d9ef67351c5fbbea084729c48362d3ce9dd44c28e32e277fe5"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ff"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -3506,7 +3516,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "httpdate",
  "itoa",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2 0.4.10",
+ "socket2 0.5.5",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -8575,6 +8585,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "eth2_keystore",
  "ethereum_serde_utils",
  "exit-future",
+ "fdlimit",
  "filesystem",
  "futures",
  "hex",
diff --git a/validator_client/Cargo.toml b/validator_client/Cargo.toml
index 90a82b7e3b2..7e5f09cf408 100644
--- a/validator_client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/validator_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ sysinfo = { workspace = true }
 system_health = { path = "../common/system_health" }
 logging = { workspace = true }
 strum = { workspace = true }
+fdlimit = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/validator_client/src/lib.rs b/validator_client/src/lib.rs
index 89fc0376215..3f9fafcfdd7 100644
--- a/validator_client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/validator_client/src/lib.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ use notifier::spawn_notifier;
 use parking_lot::RwLock;
 use preparation_service::{PreparationService, PreparationServiceBuilder};
 use reqwest::Certificate;
-use slog::{error, info, warn, Logger};
+use slog::{debug, error, info, warn, Logger};
 use slot_clock::SlotClock;
 use slot_clock::SystemTimeSlotClock;
 use std::fs::File;
@@ -121,6 +121,27 @@ impl<T: EthSpec> ProductionValidatorClient<T> {
     pub async fn new(context: RuntimeContext<T>, config: Config) -> Result<Self, String> {
         let log = context.log().clone();
 
+        // Attempt to raise soft fd limit. The behavior is OS specific:
+        // `linux` - raise soft fd limit to hard
+        // `macos` - raise soft fd limit to `min(kernel limit, hard fd limit)`
+        // `windows` & rest - noop
+        match fdlimit::raise_fd_limit().map_err(|e| format!("Unable to raise fd limit: {}", e))? {
+            fdlimit::Outcome::LimitRaised { from, to } => {
+                debug!(
+                    log,
+                    "Raised soft open file descriptor resource limit";
+                    "old_limit" => from,
+                    "new_limit" => to
+                );
+            }
+            fdlimit::Outcome::Unsupported => {
+                debug!(
+                    log,
+                    "Raising soft open file descriptor resource limit is not supported"
+                );
+            }
+        };
+
         info!(
             log,
             "Starting validator client";