diff --git a/GitLfsCache.Tests/Integration/ProxyFlowTests.cs b/GitLfsCache.Tests/Integration/ProxyFlowTests.cs
index 76c30d8..971466d 100644
--- a/GitLfsCache.Tests/Integration/ProxyFlowTests.cs
+++ b/GitLfsCache.Tests/Integration/ProxyFlowTests.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ namespace ktsu.GitLfsCache.Tests.Integration;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
 using ktsu.GitLfsCache.Observability;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 
 [TestClass]
@@ -332,6 +334,65 @@ public async Task Upload_IsRelayedUpstreamAndStoredOnTheWayThrough()
 		Assert.IsTrue(fixture.Store.Exists("github", oid), "A pushed object should be cached for the next fetch.");
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Stands in for Kestrel's body size limit, which <see cref="Microsoft.AspNetCore.TestHost.TestServer"/> does not enforce.
+	/// </summary>
+	private sealed class BodySizeLimit : IHttpMaxRequestBodySizeFeature
+	{
+		public bool IsReadOnly => false;
+
+		public long? MaxRequestBodySize { get; set; } = 30_000_000;
+	}
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public async Task Upload_LiftsTheServersRequestBodyLimit()
+	{
+		await using ProxyFixture fixture = await ProxyFixture.StartAsync();
+		(byte[] content, string oid) = Object("pushed past the server's default body limit");
+		BodySizeLimit limit = new();
+
+		JsonNode batch = await PostBatchAsync(fixture, "upload", oid, content.Length);
+		Uri href = new(HrefOf(batch, "upload"));
+
+		HttpContext context = await fixture.Server.SendAsync(context =>
+		{
+			context.Features.Set<IHttpMaxRequestBodySizeFeature>(limit);
+			context.Request.Method = HttpMethods.Put;
+			context.Request.Path = href.AbsolutePath;
+			context.Request.QueryString = new QueryString(href.Query);
+			context.Request.Body = new MemoryStream(content);
+			context.Request.ContentLength = content.Length;
+		});
+
+		Assert.AreEqual(StatusCodes.Status200OK, context.Response.StatusCode);
+		Assert.IsNull(limit.MaxRequestBodySize, "An LFS object routinely exceeds Kestrel's 30,000,000-byte default.");
+		CollectionAssert.AreEqual(content, fixture.Upstream.Uploaded[oid]);
+	}
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public async Task Batch_KeepsTheServersRequestBodyLimit()
+	{
+		await using ProxyFixture fixture = await ProxyFixture.StartAsync();
+		(byte[] content, string oid) = Object("only the transfer route is unbounded");
+		BodySizeLimit limit = new();
+		using StringContent request = BatchRequest("upload", oid, content.Length);
+		byte[] body = await request.ReadAsByteArrayAsync();
+
+		HttpContext context = await fixture.Server.SendAsync(context =>
+		{
+			context.Features.Set<IHttpMaxRequestBodySizeFeature>(limit);
+			context.Request.Method = HttpMethods.Post;
+			context.Request.Path = $"{LfsPath}/objects/batch";
+			context.Request.Headers.Authorization = "Basic dXNlcjp0b2tlbg==";
+			context.Request.ContentType = "application/vnd.git-lfs+json";
+			context.Request.Body = new MemoryStream(body);
+			context.Request.ContentLength = body.Length;
+		});
+
+		Assert.AreEqual(StatusCodes.Status200OK, context.Response.StatusCode);
+		Assert.AreEqual(30_000_000, limit.MaxRequestBodySize);
+	}
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Puts a file where the upstream's staging directory belongs, so no staging file can be opened.
 	/// </summary>
diff --git a/GitLfsCache/Endpoints/ObjectRouteHandler.cs b/GitLfsCache/Endpoints/ObjectRouteHandler.cs
index 873d389..c9fe8c1 100644
--- a/GitLfsCache/Endpoints/ObjectRouteHandler.cs
+++ b/GitLfsCache/Endpoints/ObjectRouteHandler.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace ktsu.GitLfsCache.Endpoints;
 using ktsu.GitLfsCache.Tokens;
 using ktsu.GitLfsCache.Upstreams;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 
@@ -206,6 +207,26 @@ await ServeFromStoreAsync(context, nowCached, nowLength, cancellationToken)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Removes the server's request body size limit for this request.
+	/// </summary>
+	/// <remarks>
+	/// LFS objects are routinely larger than Kestrel's default 30,000,000-byte limit, and a body the
+	/// server refuses part way through surfaces as a 500 from the upstream relay rather than a 413.
+	/// The limit is lifted here, in the library, so every host is covered, and only for an upload
+	/// whose token has already been checked, so batch and lock bodies keep the server's bound.
+	/// </remarks>
+	/// <param name="context">The request context.</param>
+	private static void LiftRequestBodyLimit(HttpContext context)
+	{
+		IHttpMaxRequestBodySizeFeature? limit = context.Features.Get<IHttpMaxRequestBodySizeFeature>();
+
+		if (limit is { IsReadOnly: false })
+		{
+			limit.MaxRequestBodySize = null;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Sends an upload upstream, keeping a copy on the way through.
 	/// </summary>
@@ -223,6 +244,8 @@ public async Task UploadAsync(HttpContext context, LfsRoute route, CancellationT
 			return;
 		}
 
+		LiftRequestBodyLimit(context);
+
 		// Without a staging file the upload is still relayed, through a tee into nothing so the relayed
 		// byte count is kept. Failing the push because the cache cannot take a copy would make the
 		// cache the reason a push failed.