diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/values.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/values.yaml
index 5488feb02..2f03b2152 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/values.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ monitor:
   resources: {}
 
 # Specifies the resources for the agent container
-resources: {}
+resources:
+  requests:
+    memory: 200Mi
+  limits:
+    memory: 1Gi
 
 # Specifies the resources for the clean-cilium-state init container
 initResources: