diff --git a/devfiles/jupyter/devfile.yaml b/devfiles/jupyter/devfile.yaml
index 08209b28bbcd1e9eb5ba88a33e80fbf6e0aa6c40..9a0b5118c253669c538e0416ca7ac786cae30a98 100644
--- a/devfiles/jupyter/devfile.yaml
+++ b/devfiles/jupyter/devfile.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ components:
                     name: maap-configmap
               mountSources: true
               resources:
+                requests:
+                  memory: 5000Mi
                 limits:
                   memory: 2048Mi
               securityContext: