diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/cluster/cluster.go b/components/engine/daemon/cluster/cluster.go
index 828748bc5c..8589530174 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/cluster/cluster.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/cluster/cluster.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import (
 	swarmnode "github.com/docker/swarmkit/node"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 )
 
 const swarmDirName = "swarm"
@@ -399,7 +400,10 @@ func (c *Cluster) Cleanup() {
 func managerStats(client swarmapi.ControlClient, currentNodeID string) (current bool, reachable int, unreachable int, err error) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
-	nodes, err := client.ListNodes(ctx, &swarmapi.ListNodesRequest{})
+	nodes, err := client.ListNodes(
+		ctx, &swarmapi.ListNodesRequest{},
+		grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize(defaultRecvSizeForListResponse),
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, 0, 0, err
 	}
diff --git a/components/engine/daemon/cluster/swarm.go b/components/engine/daemon/cluster/swarm.go
index 65dfe9eb45..6ceadf8122 100644
--- a/components/engine/daemon/cluster/swarm.go
+++ b/components/engine/daemon/cluster/swarm.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	swarmnode "github.com/docker/swarmkit/node"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 )
 
 // Init initializes new cluster from user provided request.
@@ -442,7 +443,10 @@ func (c *Cluster) Info() types.Info {
 
 		info.Cluster = &swarm.ClusterInfo
 
-		if r, err := state.controlClient.ListNodes(ctx, &swarmapi.ListNodesRequest{}); err != nil {
+		if r, err := state.controlClient.ListNodes(
+			ctx, &swarmapi.ListNodesRequest{},
+			grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize(defaultRecvSizeForListResponse),
+		); err != nil {
 			info.Error = err.Error()
 		} else {
 			info.Nodes = len(r.Nodes)
diff --git a/components/engine/vendor.conf b/components/engine/vendor.conf
index 71dd97847c..165cc5c42b 100644
--- a/components/engine/vendor.conf
+++ b/components/engine/vendor.conf
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ github.com/containerd/ttrpc 2a805f71863501300ae1976d29f0454ae003e85a
 github.com/gogo/googleapis 08a7655d27152912db7aaf4f983275eaf8d128ef
 
 # cluster
-github.com/docker/swarmkit 19e791fd6dc76e8e894cbc99b77f946b7d00ebb9 # bump_v18.09 branch
+github.com/docker/swarmkit 142a73731c850daf24d32001aa2358b6ffe36eab # bump_v18.09 branch
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.0.0
 github.com/cloudflare/cfssl 1.3.2
 github.com/fernet/fernet-go 1b2437bc582b3cfbb341ee5a29f8ef5b42912ff2
diff --git a/components/engine/vendor/github.com/docker/swarmkit/manager/controlapi/node.go b/components/engine/vendor/github.com/docker/swarmkit/manager/controlapi/node.go
index 5308b7419e..6e8bdba5bd 100644
--- a/components/engine/vendor/github.com/docker/swarmkit/manager/controlapi/node.go
+++ b/components/engine/vendor/github.com/docker/swarmkit/manager/controlapi/node.go
@@ -265,12 +265,23 @@ func orphanNodeTasks(tx store.Tx, nodeID string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	for _, task := range tasks {
-		task.Status = api.TaskStatus{
-			Timestamp: gogotypes.TimestampNow(),
-			State:     api.TaskStateOrphaned,
-			Message:   "Task belonged to a node that has been deleted",
+		// this operation must occur within the same transaction boundary. If
+		// we cannot accomplish this task orphaning in the same transaction, we
+		// could crash or die between transactions and not get a chance to do
+		// this. however, in cases were there is an exceptionally large number
+		// of tasks for a node, this may cause the transaction to exceed the
+		// max message size.
+		//
+		// therefore, we restrict updating to only tasks in a non-terminal
+		// state. Tasks in a terminal state do not need to be updated.
+		if task.Status.State < api.TaskStateCompleted {
+			task.Status = api.TaskStatus{
+				Timestamp: gogotypes.TimestampNow(),
+				State:     api.TaskStateOrphaned,
+				Message:   "Task belonged to a node that has been deleted",
+			}
+			store.UpdateTask(tx, task)
 		}
-		store.UpdateTask(tx, task)
 	}
 	return nil
 }