diff --git a/src/apscheduler/datastores/mongodb.py b/src/apscheduler/datastores/mongodb.py
index 44e2b901..95b54825 100644
--- a/src/apscheduler/datastores/mongodb.py
+++ b/src/apscheduler/datastores/mongodb.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import operator
 import sys
-from collections import defaultdict
 from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator, AsyncIterator, Sequence
 from contextlib import AsyncExitStack, asynccontextmanager
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
@@ -611,28 +610,8 @@ async def acquire_jobs(
                             doc for doc in documents if doc["_id"] in acquired_job_ids
                         ]
 
-                # Get the number of available job slots per task
-                task_ids: set[str] = {doc["task_id"] for doc in documents}
-                async with await AsyncCursor.create(
-                    lambda: self._tasks.find(
-                        {
-                            "_id": {"$in": list(task_ids)},
-                            "max_running_jobs": {"$ne": None},
-                        },
-                        projection=["_id", "max_running_jobs", "running_jobs"],
-                        session=session,
-                    )
-                ) as cursor:
-                    task_job_slots_left: dict[str, float] = defaultdict(
-                        lambda: float("inf")
-                    )
-                    async for doc in cursor:
-                        task_max_running_jobs = doc["max_running_jobs"]
-                        task_job_slots_left[doc["_id"]] = doc["max_running_jobs"]
-
                 acquired_jobs: list[Job] = []
                 skipped_job_ids: list[UUID] = []
-                running_job_count_increments: dict[str, int] = defaultdict(lambda: 0)
                 for doc in documents:
                     # Deserialize the job
                     doc["id"] = doc.pop("_id")
@@ -683,35 +662,50 @@ async def acquire_jobs(
                         )
                         continue
 
-                    # Skip and un-acquire the job if no more slots are available
-                    if not task_job_slots_left.get(job.task_id, float("inf")):
+                    # Try to increment the task's running jobs count
+                    update_task_result = await to_thread.run_sync(
+                        lambda: self._tasks.update_one(
+                            {
+                                "_id": job.task_id,
+                                "$or": [
+                                    {"max_running_jobs": None},
+                                    {
+                                        "$expr": {
+                                            "$gt": [
+                                                "$max_running_jobs",
+                                                "$running_jobs",
+                                            ]
+                                        }
+                                    },
+                                ],
+                            },
+                            {"$inc": {"running_jobs": 1}},
+                            session=session,
+                        )
+                    )
+                    if not update_task_result.matched_count:
                         self._logger.debug(
-                            "Skipping job %s because task %r has the maximum "
-                            "number of %d jobs already running",
-                            task_max_running_jobs,
+                            "Skipping job %s because task %r has the maximum number of "
+                            "jobs already running",
+                            job.id,
+                            job.task_id,
                         )
                         skipped_job_ids.append(job.id)
                         continue
 
-                    task_job_slots_left[job.task_id] -= 1
-                    running_job_count_increments[job.task_id] += 1
                     job.acquired_by = scheduler_id
                     job.acquired_until = now + lease_duration
                     acquired_jobs.append(job)
                     events.append(JobAcquired.from_job(job, scheduler_id=scheduler_id))
 
-                # Increment the running_jobs field on the tasks of the acquired jobs
-                if writes := [
-                    UpdateOne({"_id": task_id}, {"$inc": {"running_jobs": amount}})
-                    for task_id, amount in running_job_count_increments.items()
-                ]:
-                    await to_thread.run_sync(self._tasks.bulk_write, writes)
-
                 # Release jobs skipped due to max job slots being reached
                 if skipped_job_ids:
                     await to_thread.run_sync(
                         lambda: self._jobs.update_many(
-                            {"_id": {"$in": skipped_job_ids}},
+                            {
+                                "_id": {"$in": skipped_job_ids},
+                                "acquired_by": scheduler_id,
+                            },
                             {
                                 "$unset": {
                                     "acquired_by": True,
diff --git a/tests/test_datastores.py b/tests/test_datastores.py
index 32d75559..8e10b39b 100644
--- a/tests/test_datastores.py
+++ b/tests/test_datastores.py
@@ -624,6 +624,9 @@ async def test_acquire_jobs_max_number_exceeded(datastore: DataStore) -> None:
         assert job.acquired_by == "worker1"
         assert job.acquired_until
 
+    # Check that no jobs are acquired now that the task is at capacity
+    assert not await datastore.acquire_jobs("worker1", timedelta(seconds=30), 3)
+
     # Release one job, and the worker should be able to acquire the third job
     await datastore.release_job(
         "worker1",