diff --git a/test/images/volume/nfs/VERSION b/test/images/volume/nfs/VERSION
index 7e32cd56983..c068b2447cc 100644
--- a/test/images/volume/nfs/VERSION
+++ b/test/images/volume/nfs/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.3
+1.4
diff --git a/test/images/volume/nfs/run_nfs.sh b/test/images/volume/nfs/run_nfs.sh
index 6b33e2653b3..9adf839162e 100755
--- a/test/images/volume/nfs/run_nfs.sh
+++ b/test/images/volume/nfs/run_nfs.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ function stop()
     exit 0
 }
 
+# rpc.statd has issues with very high ulimits
+ulimit -n 65535
 
 trap stop TERM