diff --git a/srcpkgs/tor/files/tor/run b/srcpkgs/tor/files/tor/run
index 66d61c6c1b5..d0d402d25f5 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/tor/files/tor/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/tor/files/tor/run
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 [ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+ulimit -n ${MAX_OPEN_FILES:-8192}
 exec tor ${OPTS:=--quiet} --runasdaemon 0 2>&1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/tor/template b/srcpkgs/tor/template
index 564a36ec87e..cef10708f39 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tor/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tor/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'tor'
 pkgname=tor
 version=0.4.5.6
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-zstd"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"