diff --git a/spartan/aztec-network/templates/boot-node.yaml b/spartan/aztec-network/templates/boot-node.yaml
index bdce9e48b3d4..3967b6acfb35 100644
--- a/spartan/aztec-network/templates/boot-node.yaml
+++ b/spartan/aztec-network/templates/boot-node.yaml
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ spec:
               value: "{{ .Values.bootNode.p2p.enabled }}"
             - name: P2P_GOSSIPSUB_FLOOD_PUBLISH
               value: "{{ .Values.bootNode.p2p.floodPublish }}"
+            - name: P2P_MAX_TX_POOL_SIZE
+              value: "{{ .Values.network.mempoolLimitBytes }}"
             - name: COINBASE
               value: "{{ .Values.bootNode.coinbaseAddress }}"
             - name: VALIDATOR_DISABLED
diff --git a/spartan/aztec-network/templates/full-node.yaml b/spartan/aztec-network/templates/full-node.yaml
index 398aa9780962..2156b2d33aaf 100644
--- a/spartan/aztec-network/templates/full-node.yaml
+++ b/spartan/aztec-network/templates/full-node.yaml
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ spec:
               value: "1"
             - name: P2P_ENABLED
               value: "{{ .Values.fullNode.p2p.enabled }}"
+            - name: P2P_MAX_TX_POOL_SIZE
+              value: "{{ .Values.network.mempoolLimitBytes }}"
             - name: P2P_GOSSIPSUB_FLOOD_PUBLISH
               value: "{{ .Values.fullNode.p2p.floodPublish }}"
             - name: COINBASE
diff --git a/spartan/aztec-network/templates/prover-node.yaml b/spartan/aztec-network/templates/prover-node.yaml
index 773ae7755d2c..59c59cfce619 100644
--- a/spartan/aztec-network/templates/prover-node.yaml
+++ b/spartan/aztec-network/templates/prover-node.yaml
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ spec:
               value: {{ .Values.proverNode.l1GasPriceMax | quote }}
             - name: P2P_ENABLED
               value: "{{ .Values.proverNode.p2p.enabled }}"
+            - name: P2P_MAX_TX_POOL_SIZE
+              value: "{{ .Values.network.mempoolLimitBytes }}"
             - name: P2P_GOSSIPSUB_FLOOD_PUBLISH
               value: "{{ .Values.proverNode.p2p.floodPublish }}"
             - name: P2P_PORT
diff --git a/spartan/aztec-network/templates/validator.yaml b/spartan/aztec-network/templates/validator.yaml
index 3c0c76a961a8..518cb7f6cf0f 100644
--- a/spartan/aztec-network/templates/validator.yaml
+++ b/spartan/aztec-network/templates/validator.yaml
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ spec:
               value: "1"
             - name: P2P_ENABLED
               value: "{{ .Values.validator.p2p.enabled }}"
+            - name: P2P_MAX_TX_POOL_SIZE
+              value: "{{ .Values.network.mempoolLimitBytes }}"
             - name: P2P_GOSSIPSUB_FLOOD_PUBLISH
               value: "{{ .Values.validator.p2p.floodPublish }}"
             - name: VALIDATOR_DISABLED
diff --git a/spartan/aztec-network/values.yaml b/spartan/aztec-network/values.yaml
index a06f8c3420d5..ce86c3895b92 100644
--- a/spartan/aztec-network/values.yaml
+++ b/spartan/aztec-network/values.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ network:
   # If true then configured bootnodes are considered non-gossiping peers
   p2pBootstrapNodesAsFullPeers: true
 
+  mempoolLimitBytes: 100000000 # approx 100MB
+
 storage:
   localSsd: false
   dataStoreMapSize: "134217728" # 128 GB
diff --git a/spartan/aztec-network/values/rc-1.yaml b/spartan/aztec-network/values/rc-1.yaml
index 57b0ce89ae1e..716ced85c086 100644
--- a/spartan/aztec-network/values/rc-1.yaml
+++ b/spartan/aztec-network/values/rc-1.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 network:
   public: true
+  mempoolLimitBytes: 1000000 # approx 1MB
 
 aztec:
   slotDuration: 36