diff --git a/crates/compiler/src/revive_resolc.rs b/crates/compiler/src/revive_resolc.rs
index 5e549a5..8579456 100644
--- a/crates/compiler/src/revive_resolc.rs
+++ b/crates/compiler/src/revive_resolc.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use revive_solc_json_interface::{
     SolcStandardJsonOutput,
 };
 
-use super::constants::SOLC_VERSION_SUPPORTING_VIA_YUL_IR;
 use crate::{CompilerInput, CompilerOutput, ModeOptimizerSetting, ModePipeline, SolidityCompiler};
 
 use alloy::json_abi::JsonAbi;
@@ -257,15 +256,23 @@ impl SolidityCompiler for Resolc {
     }
 
     fn supports_mode(
-        compiler_version: &Version,
+        _compiler_version: &Version,
         _optimize_setting: ModeOptimizerSetting,
         pipeline: ModePipeline,
     ) -> bool {
         // We only support the Y (IE compile via Yul IR) mode here, which also means that we can
         // only use solc version 0.8.13 and above. We must always compile via Yul IR as resolc
         // needs this to translate to LLVM IR and then RISCV.
+
+        // Note: the original implementation of this function looked like the following:
+        // ```
+        // pipeline == ModePipeline::ViaYulIR && compiler_version >= &SOLC_VERSION_SUPPORTING_VIA_YUL_IR
+        // ```
+        // However, that implementation is sadly incorrect since the version that's passed into this
+        // function is not the version of solc but the version of resolc. This is despite the fact
+        // that resolc depends on Solc for the initial Yul codegen. Therefore, we have skipped the
+        // version check until we do a better integrations between resolc and solc.
         pipeline == ModePipeline::ViaYulIR
-            && compiler_version >= &SOLC_VERSION_SUPPORTING_VIA_YUL_IR
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/node/src/kitchensink.rs b/crates/node/src/kitchensink.rs
index 832760a..ce4d30b 100644
--- a/crates/node/src/kitchensink.rs
+++ b/crates/node/src/kitchensink.rs
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ impl KitchensinkNode {
             .arg("Unsafe")
             .arg("--rpc-cors")
             .arg("all")
+            .arg("--rpc-max-connections")
+            .arg(u32::MAX.to_string())
             .env("RUST_LOG", Self::SUBSTRATE_LOG_ENV)
             .stdout(kitchensink_stdout_logs_file.try_clone()?)
             .stderr(kitchensink_stderr_logs_file.try_clone()?)
@@ -229,6 +231,8 @@ impl KitchensinkNode {
             .arg(proxy_rpc_port.to_string())
             .arg("--node-rpc-url")
             .arg(format!("ws://127.0.0.1:{substrate_rpc_port}"))
+            .arg("--rpc-max-connections")
+            .arg(u32::MAX.to_string())
             .env("RUST_LOG", Self::PROXY_LOG_ENV)
             .stdout(eth_proxy_stdout_logs_file.try_clone()?)
             .stderr(eth_proxy_stderr_logs_file.try_clone()?)