diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bc63cb0442..bce2d11188 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3960,8 +3960,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "sharded-slab"
 version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "900fba806f70c630b0a382d0d825e17a0f19fcd059a2ade1ff237bcddf446b31"
+source = "git+https://github.com/neondatabase/sharded-slab.git?rev=98d16753ab01c61f0a028de44167307a00efea00#98d16753ab01c61f0a028de44167307a00efea00"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a18236d09a..b73e29ef6c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -161,11 +161,17 @@ rstest = "0.17"
 tempfile = "3.4"
 tonic-build = "0.9"
 
+[patch.crates-io]
+
 # This is only needed for proxy's tests.
 # TODO: we should probably fork `tokio-postgres-rustls` instead.
-[patch.crates-io]
 tokio-postgres = { git = "https://github.com/neondatabase/rust-postgres.git", rev="0bc41d8503c092b040142214aac3cf7d11d0c19f" }
 
+# Changes the MAX_THREADS limit from 4096 to 32768.
+# This is a temporary workaround for using tracing from many threads in safekeepers code,
+# until async safekeepers patch is merged to the main.
+sharded-slab = { git = "https://github.com/neondatabase/sharded-slab.git", rev="98d16753ab01c61f0a028de44167307a00efea00" }
+
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