diff --git a/cmd/caddy/main.go b/cmd/caddy/main.go
index 48fa149aa081..ac2540e1cdc8 100644
--- a/cmd/caddy/main.go
+++ b/cmd/caddy/main.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ package main
 import (
 	caddycmd "github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/cmd"
 
+	_ "go.uber.org/automaxprocs"
+
 	// plug in Caddy modules here
 	_ "github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/modules/standard"
 )
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f04dcf8c648e..8538951f9d01 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/jaeger v1.17.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/ot v1.17.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230706204954-ccb25ca9f130 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230711160842-782d3b101e98 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 43c907d47db8..ba4e2d147753 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1110,6 +1110,8 @@ go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.5.0/go.mod h1:sABNBOSYdrvTF6hTgEIbc7YasKWGhgEQZyfxyTvoXHQ=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.6.0/go.mod h1:sABNBOSYdrvTF6hTgEIbc7YasKWGhgEQZyfxyTvoXHQ=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3 h1:kWazyxZUrS3Gs4qUpbwo5kEIMGe/DAvi5Z4tl2NW4j8=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3/go.mod h1:eRbA25aqJrxAbsLO0xy5jVwPt7FQnRgjW+efnwa1WM0=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.10/go.mod h1:8a7PlsEVH3e/a/GLqe5IIrQx6GzcnRmZEufDUTk4A7A=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.2.1 h1:NBol2c7O1ZokfZ0LEU9K6Whx/KnwvepVetCUhtKja4A=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:wR5kodmAFQ0UK8QlbwjlSNy0Z68gJhDJUG5sjR94q/0=