diff --git a/lib/api/api-request.js b/lib/api/api-request.js
index 285c76de241..868bb14b933 100644
--- a/lib/api/api-request.js
+++ b/lib/api/api-request.js
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ class RequestHandler extends AsyncResource {
 
     const parsedHeaders = responseHeaders === 'raw' ? util.parseHeaders(rawHeaders) : headers
     const contentType = parsedHeaders['content-type']
-    const body = new Readable({ resume, abort, contentType, highWaterMark })
+    const contentLength = parsedHeaders['content-length']
+    const body = new Readable({ resume, abort, contentType, contentLength, highWaterMark })
 
     this.callback = null
     this.res = body
diff --git a/lib/api/readable.js b/lib/api/readable.js
index 25b40c109c0..8ae45011d46 100644
--- a/lib/api/readable.js
+++ b/lib/api/readable.js
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ const { ReadableStreamFrom } = require('../core/util')
 const kConsume = Symbol('kConsume')
 const kReading = Symbol('kReading')
 const kBody = Symbol('kBody')
-const kAbort = Symbol('abort')
+const kAbort = Symbol('kAbort')
 const kContentType = Symbol('kContentType')
+const kContentLength = Symbol('kContentLength')
 
 const noop = () => {}
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ module.exports = class BodyReadable extends Readable {
     resume,
     abort,
     contentType = '',
+    contentLength,
     highWaterMark = 64 * 1024 // Same as nodejs fs streams.
   }) {
     super({
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ module.exports = class BodyReadable extends Readable {
     this[kConsume] = null
     this[kBody] = null
     this[kContentType] = contentType
+    this[kContentLength] = contentLength
 
     // Is stream being consumed through Readable API?
     // This is an optimization so that we avoid checking
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ module.exports = class BodyReadable extends Readable {
   }
 
   async dump (opts) {
-    let limit = Number.isFinite(opts?.limit) ? opts.limit : 262144
+    let limit = Number.isFinite(opts?.limit) ? opts.limit : 128 * 1024
     const signal = opts?.signal
 
     if (signal != null && (typeof signal !== 'object' || !('aborted' in signal))) {
@@ -160,6 +163,10 @@ module.exports = class BodyReadable extends Readable {
     }
 
     return await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      if (this[kContentLength] > limit) {
+        this.destroy(new AbortError())
+      }
+
       const onAbort = () => {
         this.destroy(signal.reason ?? new AbortError())
       }