diff --git a/tools/archive.py b/tools/archive.py
index 2c2b135..25e6a4f 100755
--- a/tools/archive.py
+++ b/tools/archive.py
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@
 def GetMavenUrl(is_master):
   return GetVersionDestination('http://storage.googleapis.com/', '', is_master)
 
+def SetRLimitToMax():
+  (soft, hard) = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE)
+  resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE, (hard, hard))
+
 def PrintResourceInfo():
   (soft, hard) = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE)
   print('INFO: Open files soft limit: %s' % soft)
@@ -101,6 +105,8 @@
   if not utils.is_bot() and not options.dry_run:
     raise Exception('You are not a bot, don\'t archive builds')
 
+  if utils.is_bot():
+    SetRLimitToMax()
   PrintResourceInfo()
   # Create maven release which uses a build that exclude dependencies.
   create_maven_release.main(["--out", utils.LIBS])