diff --git a/src/Database/Adapter/SQL.php b/src/Database/Adapter/SQL.php
index 75f946e59..7112adf53 100644
--- a/src/Database/Adapter/SQL.php
+++ b/src/Database/Adapter/SQL.php
@@ -97,12 +97,16 @@ abstract class SQL extends Adapter implements Feature\Connection, Feature\RawQue
     private const string JOIN_LABEL_PREFIX = '$join_';
 
     /**
-     * The `alias.column` label each digest label stands for. A digest names one label for good, so
-     * the map only grows with the joined columns a process reads.
+     * The `alias.column` label each digest label stands for, oldest first. Join aliases are the
+     * caller's, so the map keeps only the newest JOIN_LABELS_KEPT labels instead of every label a
+     * long-lived worker was ever asked for. A read's labels are the newest when its rows are
+     * remapped, and an adapter runs one statement at a time, so none of them is evicted first.
      *
      * @var array<string, string>
      */
-    private static array $joinLabels = [];
+    private array $joinLabels = [];
+
+    private const int JOIN_LABELS_KEPT = 1024;
 
     /**
      * MariaDB and MySQL keep a column label of up to 256 characters.
@@ -4245,7 +4249,11 @@ private function joinLabel(string $alias, string $column): string
         }
 
         $digest = self::JOIN_LABEL_PREFIX.\md5($label);
-        self::$joinLabels[$digest] = $label;
+        unset($this->joinLabels[$digest]);
+        $this->joinLabels[$digest] = $label;
+        if (\count($this->joinLabels) > self::JOIN_LABELS_KEPT) {
+            unset($this->joinLabels[\array_key_first($this->joinLabels)]);
+        }
 
         return $digest;
     }
@@ -6444,10 +6452,10 @@ private function remapRow(array &$row): void
                 unset($row[$key]);
                 continue;
             }
-            if (isset(self::$joinLabels[$key])) {
-                $row[self::$joinLabels[$key]] = $row[$key];
+            if (isset($this->joinLabels[$key])) {
+                $row[$this->joinLabels[$key]] = $row[$key];
                 unset($row[$key]);
-                $key = self::$joinLabels[$key];
+                $key = $this->joinLabels[$key];
             }
             if (\str_starts_with($key, self::FOJ_ORDER_ALIAS_PREFIX)) {
                 unset($row[$key]);
diff --git a/tests/unit/Adapter/JoinLabelRetentionTest.php b/tests/unit/Adapter/JoinLabelRetentionTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bec998357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/Adapter/JoinLabelRetentionTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Unit\Adapter;
+
+use PDO;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use ReflectionProperty;
+use Utopia\Cache\Adapter\None as NoCache;
+use Utopia\Cache\Cache;
+use Utopia\Database\Adapter\SQL;
+use Utopia\Database\Adapter\SQLite;
+use Utopia\Database\Attribute;
+use Utopia\Database\Collection;
+use Utopia\Database\Database;
+use Utopia\Database\Document;
+use Utopia\Database\Permission;
+use Utopia\Database\Query;
+use Utopia\Database\Role;
+use Utopia\Database\Validator\Authorization;
+
+final class JoinLabelRetentionTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private const string NAMESPACE = 'join_label_retention';
+
+    private const int READS = 1100;
+
+    private const int KEPT = 1024;
+
+    private Database $database;
+
+    private SQLite $adapter;
+
+    #[\Override]
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->adapter = new class (new PDO('sqlite::memory:')) extends SQLite {
+            protected const int MAX_LABEL_LENGTH = 8;
+        };
+        $this->database = new Database($this->adapter, new Cache(new NoCache()));
+        $this->database
+            ->setDatabase(self::NAMESPACE)
+            ->setNamespace(self::NAMESPACE)
+            ->setAuthorization(new Authorization());
+        $this->database->create();
+
+        foreach (['customers' => [Attribute::string('name', size: 64)], 'orders' => [Attribute::string('customerId', size: 64)]] as $id => $attributes) {
+            $this->database->createCollection(Collection::create(
+                id: $id,
+                attributes: $attributes,
+                permissions: [Permission::create(Role::any()), Permission::read(Role::any())],
+                documentSecurity: false,
+            ));
+        }
+
+        $this->database->createDocument('customers', new Document(['$id' => 'alice', 'name' => 'Alice']));
+        $this->database->createDocument('orders', new Document(['$id' => 'o1', 'customerId' => 'alice']));
+    }
+
+    public function testOverlongJoinLabelsAreNotKeptForEveryAliasAWorkerReads(): void
+    {
+        for ($read = 0; $read < self::READS; $read++) {
+            $alias = 'customer_'.$read;
+            $orders = $this->database->find('orders', [
+                Query::join('customers', $alias, [Query::on('customerId', $alias.'.$id')]),
+                Query::select(['$id', $alias.'.name']),
+            ]);
+
+            $this->assertCount(1, $orders);
+            $this->assertSame('Alice', $orders[0]->getAttribute($alias.'.name'), 'The overlong label of read '.$read.' must be read back');
+        }
+
+        $labels = (new ReflectionProperty(SQL::class, 'joinLabels'))->getValue($this->adapter);
+        $this->assertIsArray($labels);
+        $this->assertLessThanOrEqual(self::KEPT, \count($labels), 'Every overlong label ever read is still held');
+    }
+
+    public function testAReadKeepsItsLabelsAfterOlderOnesAreEvicted(): void
+    {
+        for ($read = 0; $read < self::KEPT; $read++) {
+            $this->database->find('orders', [
+                Query::join('customers', 'older_'.$read, [Query::on('customerId', 'older_'.$read.'.$id')]),
+                Query::select(['$id', 'older_'.$read.'.name']),
+            ]);
+        }
+
+        $orders = $this->database->find('orders', [
+            Query::join('customers', 'first', [Query::on('customerId', 'first.$id')]),
+            Query::join('customers', 'second', [Query::on('customerId', 'second.$id')]),
+            Query::select(['$id', 'first.name', 'second.name']),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame('Alice', $orders[0]->getAttribute('first.name'));
+        $this->assertSame('Alice', $orders[0]->getAttribute('second.name'));
+    }
+}