diff --git a/installers/helm/osm/values.yaml b/installers/helm/osm/values.yaml
index 1a02c5a6182914748a441334bfb3b446c756960c..695b2246cf6b3bf20687273f8258827e7d7d84ba 100644
--- a/installers/helm/osm/values.yaml
+++ b/installers/helm/osm/values.yaml
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ kafka:
   replicaCount: 1
   controller:
     replicaCount: 1
+    resources:
+      limits:
+        memory: 1024Mi
+    heapOpts: -Xmx768m -Xms768m
   extraConfigYaml:
     default.replication.factor: 1
     offsets.topic.replication.factor: 1