diff --git a/data-processing-lib/ray/src/data_processing_ray/runtime/ray/ray_utils.py b/data-processing-lib/ray/src/data_processing_ray/runtime/ray/ray_utils.py
index 5225508fb..ff6e53892 100644
--- a/data-processing-lib/ray/src/data_processing_ray/runtime/ray/ray_utils.py
+++ b/data-processing-lib/ray/src/data_processing_ray/runtime/ray/ray_utils.py
@@ -15,13 +15,19 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 import ray
-from ray.experimental.state.api import list_actors
 from data_processing.utils import GB, UnrecoverableException
 from ray.actor import ActorHandle
 from ray.exceptions import RayError
+from ray.experimental.state.api import list_actors
 from ray.util.actor_pool import ActorPool
 
 
+# This value matches the constant `RAY_MAX_LIMIT_FROM_API_SERVER` defined in the ray source code here:
+# https://github.com/ray-project/ray/blob/569f7df9067c5654fb57ba7bc4792b3ba5aaa846/python/ray/util/state/common.py#L50-L53
+
+RAY_MAX_ACTOR_LIMIT = 10000
+
+
 class RayUtils:
     """
     Class implementing support methods for Ray execution
@@ -109,11 +115,13 @@ def operator() -> ActorHandle:
             time.sleep(creation_delay)
             return clazz.options(**actor_options).remote(params)
 
-        cls_name = clazz.__class__.__name__.replace('ActorClass(', '').replace(')','')
+        cls_name = clazz.__class__.__name__.replace("ActorClass(", "").replace(")", "")
         actors = [operator() for _ in range(n_actors)]
         for i in range(120):
             time.sleep(1)
-            alive = list_actors(filters=[("class_name", "=", cls_name), ("state", "=", "ALIVE")])
+            alive = list_actors(
+                filters=[("class_name", "=", cls_name), ("state", "=", "ALIVE")], limit=RAY_MAX_ACTOR_LIMIT
+            )
             if len(actors) == len(alive):
                 return actors
         # failed - raise an exception