diff --git a/.github/workflows/temp-branch-build-and-push.yaml b/.github/workflows/temp-branch-build-and-push.yaml
index 00cee77d4..289fdc774 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/temp-branch-build-and-push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/temp-branch-build-and-push.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Branch - Build and push docker image
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - "feat/even-odd-import-from-s3"
+      - "chore/increase-stalled-stream-protection"
 
 concurrency:
   group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
diff --git a/iris-mpc/src/bin/server.rs b/iris-mpc/src/bin/server.rs
index 2ba9c657c..2ad947414 100644
--- a/iris-mpc/src/bin/server.rs
+++ b/iris-mpc/src/bin/server.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #![allow(clippy::needless_range_loop)]
 
 use aws_config::retry::RetryConfig;
-use aws_sdk_s3::{config::Builder as S3ConfigBuilder, Client as S3Client};
+use aws_sdk_s3::{
+    config::{Builder as S3ConfigBuilder, StalledStreamProtectionConfig},
+    Client as S3Client,
+};
 use aws_sdk_sns::{types::MessageAttributeValue, Client as SNSClient};
 use aws_sdk_sqs::{config::Region, Client};
 use axum::{response::IntoResponse, routing::get, Router};
@@ -688,7 +691,10 @@ async fn server_main(config: Config) -> eyre::Result<()> {
 
     // Increase S3 retries to 5
     let retry_config = RetryConfig::standard().with_max_attempts(5);
+
     let s3_config = S3ConfigBuilder::from(&shared_config)
+        // disable stalled stream protection to avoid panics during s3 import
+        .stalled_stream_protection(StalledStreamProtectionConfig::disabled())
         .retry_config(retry_config)
         .build();
     let s3_client = Arc::new(S3Client::from_conf(s3_config));