diff --git a/cassandra-dc.yaml b/cassandra-dc.yaml
index ec84e82..0f8df2a 100644
--- a/cassandra-dc.yaml
+++ b/cassandra-dc.yaml
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ spec:
           storage: 20Gi
   resources:
     requests:
-      memory: "4Gi"
+      memory: "2Gi"
     limits:
-      memory: "6Gi"
+      memory: "4Gi"
   config:
     jvm-server-options:
-      initial_heap_size: "2048M"
+      initial_heap_size: "1024M"
       max_heap_size: "2048M"
   managementApiAuth:
     insecure: {} # dev only; for prod use a secret