diff --git a/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl b/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 777f343797061c5d07f90bf1f5d91c272ee0be4f..3728db3cd0e932571246a392a988e0552e39ad78 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ app.kubernetes.io/namespace: {{ include "app.namespace" . }}
 {{- if eq (include "app.kopEnvironment" . ) "prod" }}
   limits:
     cpu: "500m"
-    memory: "192Mi"
+    memory: "2000Mi"
   requests:
     cpu: "50m"
-    memory: "192Mi"
+    memory: "250Mi"
 {{- else }}
   limits:
     cpu: "500m"
diff --git a/src/test/helm/deployment_resources_test.yaml b/src/test/helm/deployment_resources_test.yaml
index dc8693545356bab15a4fa61f8e0a2c233d9e212c..a14547ee06abf3677fd052b111e941ec0232ebea 100644
--- a/src/test/helm/deployment_resources_test.yaml
+++ b/src/test/helm/deployment_resources_test.yaml
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ tests:
           value: 500m
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].resources.limits.memory
-          value: 192Mi
+          value: 2000Mi
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].resources.requests.cpu
           value: 50m
       - equal:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].resources.requests.memory
-          value: 192Mi
+          value: 250Mi
   - it: test default resources
     template: deployment.yaml
     release: