diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7b025187..749d83ae 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7b44aaeb..53b18c85 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.3.0 h1:cgM5tL53EvYRU+2YLXIK0G2mJtK12Ft9oeooSZMA2G8=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.3.0/go.mod h1:gvUNGjVcM2IPr5rCsRsC6Wb3Hr2CQAm08dsxtV6A5y4=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 h1:5iA8DT8V7q8WK2EScv2padNa/rTESc1KdnPw4TC2paw=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1/go.mod h1:19wcPz3Ph3q0Jbyiqsd0kePYG7A95tJPxeL+1OSON2c=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.1 h1:e1YG66Lrk73dn4qhg8WFSvhF0JuFQF0ERIp4rpuV8Qk=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.1/go.mod h1:BF4eumQw0P9GtnuxxovUd06vwm1o18oMzFtK66vU6XU=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210314154223-e6e6c4f2bb5b/go.mod h1:T9bdIzuCu7OtxOm1hfPfRQxPLYneinmdGuTeoZ9dtd4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220525230936-793ad666bf5e h1:T8NU3HyQ8ClP4SEE+KbFlg6n0NhuTsN4MyznaarGsZM=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220525230936-793ad666bf5e/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 82c60626..828e15ed 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	_ "go.uber.org/automaxprocs"
+
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2/server"
 )