diff --git a/devfiles/jupyter/devfile.yaml b/devfiles/jupyter/devfile.yaml
index 9a0b5118c253669c538e0416ca7ac786cae30a98..d5930e72dfe24985d5161f0ff91cde3cb3cec85c 100644
--- a/devfiles/jupyter/devfile.yaml
+++ b/devfiles/jupyter/devfile.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ components:
               mountSources: true
               resources:
                 requests:
-                  memory: 5000Mi
+                  memory: 2048Mi
                 limits:
                   memory: 2048Mi
               securityContext: