diff --git a/cmd/caddy/main.go b/cmd/caddy/main.go
index 48fa149aa08..e361e3bef25 100644
--- a/cmd/caddy/main.go
+++ b/cmd/caddy/main.go
@@ -29,12 +29,22 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"go.uber.org/automaxprocs/maxprocs"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
 	caddycmd "github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/cmd"
 
+	"github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2"
 	// plug in Caddy modules here
 	_ "github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/modules/standard"
 )
 
 func main() {
+	undo, err := maxprocs.Set()
+	defer undo()
+	if err != nil {
+		caddy.Log().Warn("failed to set GOMAXPROCS", zap.Error(err))
+	}
+
 	caddycmd.Main()
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dde4a27e38c..cd2072bd67f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.21.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.21.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.21.0
+	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.25.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230310171629-522b1b587ee0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index adcdf2402c0..f88944cffc0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ github.com/pkg/profile v1.2.1/go.mod h1:hJw3o1OdXxsrSjjVksARp5W95eeEaEfptyVZyv6J
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/posener/complete v1.1.1/go.mod h1:em0nMJCgc9GFtwrmVmEMR/ZL6WyhyjMBndrE9hABlRI=
+github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0 h1:BTyx3RfQjRHnUWaGF9oQos79AlQ5k8WNktv7VGvVH4g=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.1/go.mod h1:7SWBe2y4D6OKWSNQJUaRYU/AaXPKyh/dDVn+NZz0KFw=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v0.9.3-0.20190127221311-3c4408c8b829/go.mod h1:p2iRAGwDERtqlqzRXnrOVns+ignqQo//hLXqYxZYVNs=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.0.0/go.mod h1:db9x61etRT2tGnBNRi70OPL5FsnadC4Ky3P0J6CfImo=
@@ -626,6 +627,8 @@ go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 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/automaxprocs v1.5.3 h1:kWazyxZUrS3Gs4qUpbwo5kEIMGe/DAvi5Z4tl2NW4j8=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3/go.mod h1:eRbA25aqJrxAbsLO0xy5jVwPt7FQnRgjW+efnwa1WM0=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
 go.uber.org/mock v0.3.0 h1:3mUxI1No2/60yUYax92Pt8eNOEecx2D3lcXZh2NEZJo=
 go.uber.org/mock v0.3.0/go.mod h1:a6FSlNadKUHUa9IP5Vyt1zh4fC7uAwxMutEAscFbkZc=