diff --git a/packages/core/elasticsearch/core-elasticsearch-server-internal/src/elasticsearch_config.test.ts b/packages/core/elasticsearch/core-elasticsearch-server-internal/src/elasticsearch_config.test.ts
index 45d88445df419..039f1ff8ccb86 100644
--- a/packages/core/elasticsearch/core-elasticsearch-server-internal/src/elasticsearch_config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/elasticsearch/core-elasticsearch-server-internal/src/elasticsearch_config.test.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ test('set correct defaults', () => {
       "idleSocketTimeout": "PT1M",
       "ignoreVersionMismatch": false,
       "maxIdleSockets": 256,
-      "maxSockets": Infinity,
+      "maxSockets": 800,
       "password": undefined,
       "pingTimeout": "PT30S",
       "requestHeadersWhitelist": Array [
diff --git a/packages/core/elasticsearch/core-elasticsearch-server-internal/src/elasticsearch_config.ts b/packages/core/elasticsearch/core-elasticsearch-server-internal/src/elasticsearch_config.ts
index b1a4712a7949d..d7f426ec28e53 100644
--- a/packages/core/elasticsearch/core-elasticsearch-server-internal/src/elasticsearch_config.ts
+++ b/packages/core/elasticsearch/core-elasticsearch-server-internal/src/elasticsearch_config.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export const configSchema = schema.object({
   hosts: schema.oneOf([hostURISchema, schema.arrayOf(hostURISchema, { minSize: 1 })], {
     defaultValue: 'http://localhost:9200',
   }),
-  maxSockets: schema.number({ defaultValue: Infinity, min: 1 }),
+  maxSockets: schema.number({ defaultValue: 800, min: 1 }),
   maxIdleSockets: schema.number({ defaultValue: 256, min: 1 }),
   idleSocketTimeout: schema.duration({ defaultValue: '60s' }),
   compression: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.test.ts
index 64dcf3489a7f9..0d6a6b169fc88 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/monitoring/server/config.test.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe('config schema', () => {
             "logFetchCount": 10,
             "logQueries": false,
             "maxIdleSockets": 256,
-            "maxSockets": Infinity,
+            "maxSockets": 800,
             "pingTimeout": "PT30S",
             "requestHeadersWhitelist": Array [
               "authorization",
diff --git a/x-pack/test/scalability/apis/api.telemetry.cluster_stats.1600_dataviews.json b/x-pack/test/scalability/apis/api.telemetry.cluster_stats.1600_dataviews.json
index 485208916d48e..de436beed4601 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/scalability/apis/api.telemetry.cluster_stats.1600_dataviews.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/scalability/apis/api.telemetry.cluster_stats.1600_dataviews.json
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
   },
   "testData": {
     "esArchives": [],
-    "kbnArchives": [
-      "x-pack/test/scalability/fixtures/kbn_archiver/1600-dataviews.json"
-    ]
+    "kbnArchives": ["x-pack/test/scalability/fixtures/kbn_archiver/1600-dataviews.json"]
   },
   "streams": [
     {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/scalability/apis/api.telemetry.cluster_stats.no_cache.1600_dataviews.json b/x-pack/test/scalability/apis/api.telemetry.cluster_stats.no_cache.1600_dataviews.json
index 2a3095447e8b4..b9a690027c57a 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/scalability/apis/api.telemetry.cluster_stats.no_cache.1600_dataviews.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/scalability/apis/api.telemetry.cluster_stats.no_cache.1600_dataviews.json
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@
   },
   "testData": {
     "esArchives": [],
-    "kbnArchives": [
-      "x-pack/test/scalability/fixtures/kbn_archiver/1600-dataviews.json"
-    ]
+    "kbnArchives": ["x-pack/test/scalability/fixtures/kbn_archiver/1600-dataviews.json"]
   },
   "streams": [
     {