diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/src/schema/emqx_resource_schema.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/src/schema/emqx_resource_schema.erl
index eb0a48b06..59687eb8d 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/src/schema/emqx_resource_schema.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/src/schema/emqx_resource_schema.erl
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ resource_opts_meta() ->
         desc => ?DESC(<<"resource_opts">>)
     }.
 
-worker_pool_size(type) -> non_neg_integer();
+worker_pool_size(type) -> range(1, 1024);
 worker_pool_size(desc) -> ?DESC("worker_pool_size");
 worker_pool_size(default) -> ?WORKER_POOL_SIZE;
 worker_pool_size(required) -> false;
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/test/emqx_resource_schema_tests.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/test/emqx_resource_schema_tests.erl
index 219861a4e..0935ee1c6 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/test/emqx_resource_schema_tests.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/test/emqx_resource_schema_tests.erl
@@ -74,6 +74,44 @@ health_check_interval_validator_test_() ->
         )
     ].
 
+worker_pool_size_test_() ->
+    BaseConf = parse(webhook_bridge_health_check_hocon(<<"15s">>)),
+    Check = fun(WorkerPoolSize) ->
+        Conf = emqx_utils_maps:deep_put(
+            [
+                <<"bridges">>,
+                <<"webhook">>,
+                <<"simple">>,
+                <<"resource_opts">>,
+                <<"worker_pool_size">>
+            ],
+            BaseConf,
+            WorkerPoolSize
+        ),
+        #{<<"bridges">> := #{<<"webhook">> := #{<<"simple">> := CheckedConf}}} = check(Conf),
+        #{<<"resource_opts">> := #{<<"worker_pool_size">> := WPS}} = CheckedConf,
+        WPS
+    end,
+    AssertThrow = fun(WorkerPoolSize) ->
+        ?assertThrow(
+            {_, [
+                #{
+                    kind := validation_error,
+                    reason := #{expected_type := _},
+                    value := WorkerPoolSize
+                }
+            ]},
+            Check(WorkerPoolSize)
+        )
+    end,
+    [
+        ?_assertEqual(1, Check(1)),
+        ?_assertEqual(100, Check(100)),
+        ?_assertEqual(1024, Check(1024)),
+        ?_test(AssertThrow(0)),
+        ?_test(AssertThrow(1025))
+    ].
+
 %%===========================================================================
 %% Helper functions
 %%===========================================================================
diff --git a/changes/ce/fix-11106.en.md b/changes/ce/fix-11106.en.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fa3053fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ce/fix-11106.en.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Added a validation for the maximum number of pool workers of a bridge.
+
+Now the maximum amount is 1024 to avoid large memory consumption from an unreasonable number of workers.