diff --git a/src/shared/quick-open-readdir-budget.ts b/src/shared/quick-open-readdir-budget.ts
index 991e02694f1..ced172a92a6 100644
--- a/src/shared/quick-open-readdir-budget.ts
+++ b/src/shared/quick-open-readdir-budget.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-export const QUICK_OPEN_READDIR_MAX_FILES = 10_000
+import { QUICK_OPEN_LISTING_MAX_RESULTS } from './quick-open-listing-limits'
+
+export const QUICK_OPEN_READDIR_MAX_FILES = QUICK_OPEN_LISTING_MAX_RESULTS
 export const QUICK_OPEN_READDIR_MAX_ENTRIES = 50_000
 export const QUICK_OPEN_READDIR_MAX_DIRECTORIES = 25_000
 export const QUICK_OPEN_READDIR_MAX_DEPTH = 256
diff --git a/src/shared/quick-open-readdir-walk.test.ts b/src/shared/quick-open-readdir-walk.test.ts
index 1c3ae1adf34..f78f95136fc 100644
--- a/src/shared/quick-open-readdir-walk.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/quick-open-readdir-walk.test.ts
@@ -392,7 +392,8 @@ describe('quick-open readdir walk', () => {
     ).rejects.toThrow('File listing exceeded')
   })
 
-  it('keeps the default safety cap for a very large collapsed directory', async () => {
+  it('supports more than 10,000 files while keeping the default safety cap', async () => {
+    expect(QUICK_OPEN_READDIR_MAX_FILES).toBeGreaterThan(10_000)
     const root = await makeTempRoot()
     await mkdirRel(root, 'dist')
     opendirMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ describe('quick-open readdir walk', () => {
         gitPaths: [],
         directoryPaths: ['dist/']
       })
-    ).rejects.toThrow('File listing exceeded 10000 files')
+    ).rejects.toThrow(`File listing exceeded ${QUICK_OPEN_READDIR_MAX_FILES} files`)
   })
 
   it('identifies budget errors so callers can translate only those to install-rg guidance', () => {