diff --git a/devfiles/polinsar-jupyter/devfile.yaml b/devfiles/polinsar-jupyter/devfile.yaml
index 51012390103c6cba970480e1446b91c567b589e9..0dbdd5563cc7d447147411f872b260a56518ef64 100644
--- a/devfiles/polinsar-jupyter/devfile.yaml
+++ b/devfiles/polinsar-jupyter/devfile.yaml
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ components:
                     name: maap-configmap
               mountSources: true
               resources:
+                requests:
+                  memory: 5000Mi
                 limits:
-                  memory: 10240Mi
+                  memory: 5000Mi
               securityContext:
                 privileged: true
               volumeMounts: