diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c6b9822d9a8f3..24839c4c9ec81 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Pass parent filter to inner hit query ([#13903](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/13903))
 - Fix NPE on restore searchable snapshot ([#13911](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/13911))
 - Fix double invocation of postCollection when MultiBucketCollector is present ([#14015](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14015))
+- Fix limit the max value of cluster.max_shards_per_node to avoid int overflow ([#14155](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14155))
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/ShardLimitValidator.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/ShardLimitValidator.java
index e345b613eebbd..15da3266f8d86 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/ShardLimitValidator.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/ShardLimitValidator.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public class ShardLimitValidator {
         "cluster.max_shards_per_node",
         1000,
         1,
+        1_500_000,
         new MaxShardPerNodeLimitValidator(),
         Setting.Property.Dynamic,
         Setting.Property.NodeScope
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/ShardLimitValidatorTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/ShardLimitValidatorTests.java
index 040632ea3ed8d..a6a10228193f5 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/ShardLimitValidatorTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/indices/ShardLimitValidatorTests.java
@@ -214,6 +214,20 @@ public void testNonSystemIndexCreationFailsWithMaxShardLimitOnCluster() {
         );
     }
 
+    public void testMaxValueOfMaxShardLimitOnCluster() {
+        final int maxShardLimitOnCluster = 2_000_000;
+        Settings limitOnlySettings = Settings.builder().put(SETTING_CLUSTER_MAX_SHARDS_PER_NODE.getKey(), maxShardLimitOnCluster).build();
+        final IllegalArgumentException exception = expectThrows(
+            IllegalArgumentException.class,
+            () -> createTestShardLimitService(limitOnlySettings)
+        );
+        assertEquals(
+            "Failed to parse value [" + maxShardLimitOnCluster + "] for setting [cluster.max_shards_per_node] must be <= 1500000",
+            exception.getMessage()
+        );
+
+    }
+
     public void testNonSystemIndexCreationPassesWithMaxShardLimitOnCluster() {
         final int maxShardLimitOnCluster = 5;
         Settings limitOnlySettings = Settings.builder()