diff --git a/templates/_helpers.tpl b/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 2b3c84999eae5c3c47e71544f08c37fb9ff27134..52ca49a0110a2d15f48c03ff415d977afb3a26f2 100644
--- a/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ app.kubernetes.io/namespace: {{ include "app.namespace" . }}
     memory: "1000Mi"
   requests:
     cpu: "200m"
-    memory: "500Mi"
+    memory: "250Mi"
 {{- else }}
   limits:
     cpu: "1"
     memory: "1000Mi"
   requests:
     cpu: "50m"
-    memory: "500Mi"
+    memory: "250Mi"
 {{- end }}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/unit-tests/deployment_resources_test.yaml b/unit-tests/deployment_resources_test.yaml
index 02548e6a8976894ee87867e10d5932d5108c677b..32514e148f8faec75b2f3e1738df526d66c4732b 100644
--- a/unit-tests/deployment_resources_test.yaml
+++ b/unit-tests/deployment_resources_test.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ tests:
           value: 200m
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].resources.requests.memory
-          value: 500Mi
+          value: 250Mi
   - it: test default resources
     release:
       namespace: sh-name-dev
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ tests:
           value: 50m
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].resources.requests.memory
-          value: 500Mi
+          value: 250Mi