diff --git a/.github/workflows/orca_bot.yml b/.github/workflows/orca_bot.yml
index 0bbc5f9fa8..949c61b297 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/orca_bot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/orca_bot.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           days-before-issue-stale: 90
           days-before-issue-close: 14
-          operations-per-run: 3000
+          operations-per-run: 1000
           stale-issue-label: "stale"
           stale-issue-message: "GitHub bot: this issue is stale because it has been open for 90 days with no activity."
           close-issue-message: "GitHub bot: This issue was closed because it has been inactive for 14 days since being marked as stale."