diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 570a30d8f..f6c229fa1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # rollup changelog
 
+## 4.44.1
+
+_2025-06-26_
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Reinstate maxParallelFileOps limit of 1000 to resolve the issue for some (#5992)
+
+### Pull Requests
+
+- [#5988](https://github.com/rollup/rollup/pull/5988): fix(deps): lock file maintenance minor/patch updates (@renovate[bot], @lukastaegert)
+- [#5992](https://github.com/rollup/rollup/pull/5992): Set maxParallelFileOps to 1000 (@lukastaegert)
+
 ## 4.44.0
 
 _2025-06-19_
diff --git a/browser/package.json b/browser/package.json
index 07e9d89c6..8b40bfff6 100644
--- a/browser/package.json
+++ b/browser/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rollup/browser",
-  "version": "4.44.0",
+  "version": "4.44.1",
   "description": "Next-generation ES module bundler browser build",
   "main": "dist/rollup.browser.js",
   "module": "dist/es/rollup.browser.js",
diff --git a/docs/configuration-options/index.md b/docs/configuration-options/index.md
index 2bc731d25..dc17d7138 100755
--- a/docs/configuration-options/index.md
+++ b/docs/configuration-options/index.md
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ buildWithCache()
 | -----: | :------------------------------ |
 | 类型： | `number`                        |
 |  CLI： | `--maxParallelFileOps <number>` |
-| 默认： | `Infinity`                      |
+| 默认： | 1000                            |
 
 该选项限制 rollup 在读取模块或写入 chunk 时，同时能打开的文件数量。如果没有限制或者数值足够高，构建可能会失败，显示“EMFILE: Too many open files”（EMFILE：打开的文件数过多）。这取决于操作系统限制的句柄数（open file handles）大小。如果将限制设置得过低，并且使用了依赖 [`this.load`](../plugin-development/index.md#this-load) 上下文函数的插件（例如 `commonjs` 插件），那么可能会出现构建停滞且没有错误消息的情况，因为它限制了并行 `load` 调用的数量。
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b6d25710e..15bc2397c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "rollup",
-  "version": "4.44.0",
+  "version": "4.44.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "rollup",
-      "version": "4.44.0",
+      "version": "4.44.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/estree": "1.0.8"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a87d5f8fb..7b24be89e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rollup",
-  "version": "4.44.0",
+  "version": "4.44.1",
   "description": "Next-generation ES module bundler",
   "main": "dist/rollup.js",
   "module": "dist/es/rollup.js",
diff --git a/src/utils/options/normalizeInputOptions.ts b/src/utils/options/normalizeInputOptions.ts
index e35b9cf95..471a450a2 100644
--- a/src/utils/options/normalizeInputOptions.ts
+++ b/src/utils/options/normalizeInputOptions.ts
@@ -176,8 +176,11 @@ const getMaxParallelFileOps = (
 	config: InputOptions
 ): NormalizedInputOptions['maxParallelFileOps'] => {
 	const maxParallelFileOps = config.maxParallelFileOps;
-	if (typeof maxParallelFileOps !== 'number' || maxParallelFileOps <= 0) return Infinity;
-	return maxParallelFileOps;
+	if (typeof maxParallelFileOps === 'number') {
+		if (maxParallelFileOps <= 0) return Infinity;
+		return maxParallelFileOps;
+	}
+	return 1000;
 };
 
 const getModuleContext = (
diff --git a/test/function/samples/options-hook/_config.js b/test/function/samples/options-hook/_config.js
index 17846fad3..0583b7ffe 100644
--- a/test/function/samples/options-hook/_config.js
+++ b/test/function/samples/options-hook/_config.js
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ module.exports = defineTest({
 				name: 'test-plugin',
 				buildStart(options) {
 					// The fs option is not json stringifiable
-					const { fs, maxParallelFileOps, ...restOptions } = options;
+					const { fs, ...restOptions } = options;
 					assert.ok(fs);
-					assert.strictEqual(maxParallelFileOps, Infinity);
 					assert.deepStrictEqual(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(restOptions)), {
 						context: 'undefined',
 						experimentalCacheExpiry: 10,
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ module.exports = defineTest({
 						jsx: false,
 						logLevel: 'info',
 						makeAbsoluteExternalsRelative: 'ifRelativeSource',
+						maxParallelFileOps: 1000,
 						perf: false,
 						plugins: [
 							{