diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 805ad133..f0c7534e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/stale@v5
         with:
+          operations-per-run: 500 # allow to consume half of the 1000 operations per hour limit of GitHub API
           ascending: true # oldest issues first
           days-before-stale: 90
           days-before-close: 60