diff --git a/crates/meilisearch/src/lib.rs b/crates/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
index cc9189e08..08459dc19 100644
--- a/crates/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
@@ -231,8 +231,14 @@ pub fn setup_meilisearch(
         max_number_of_tasks: 1_000_000,
         max_number_of_batched_tasks: opt.experimental_max_number_of_batched_tasks,
         batched_tasks_size_limit: opt.experimental_limit_batched_tasks_total_size.map_or_else(
-            // By default, we use half of the available memory to determine the size of batched tasks
-            || opt.indexer_options.max_indexing_memory.map_or(u64::MAX, |mem| mem.as_u64() / 2),
+            || {
+                opt.indexer_options
+                    .max_indexing_memory
+                    // By default, we use half of the available memory to determine the size of batched tasks
+                    .map_or(u64::MAX, |mem| mem.as_u64() / 2)
+                    // And never exceed 10 GiB when we infer the limit
+                    .min(10 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)
+            },
             |size| size.as_u64(),
         ),
         index_growth_amount: byte_unit::Byte::from_str("10GiB").unwrap().as_u64() as usize,
diff --git a/crates/meilisearch/src/option.rs b/crates/meilisearch/src/option.rs
index e03f975af..98191258a 100644
--- a/crates/meilisearch/src/option.rs
+++ b/crates/meilisearch/src/option.rs
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ pub struct Opt {
     pub experimental_max_number_of_batched_tasks: usize,
 
     /// Experimentally controls the maximum total size, in bytes, of tasks that will be processed
-    /// simultaneously. When unspecified, defaults to half of the maximum indexing memory.
+    /// simultaneously. When unspecified, defaults to half of the maximum indexing memory and
+    /// clamped to 10 GiB.
     ///
     /// See: <https://github.com/orgs/meilisearch/discussions/801>
     #[clap(long, env = MEILI_EXPERIMENTAL_LIMIT_BATCHED_TASKS_TOTAL_SIZE)]