diff --git a/cosmos/operators/kubernetes.py b/cosmos/operators/kubernetes.py
index 34512d16ad..e1c6936672 100644
--- a/cosmos/operators/kubernetes.py
+++ b/cosmos/operators/kubernetes.py
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ def __init__(self, profile_config: ProfileConfig | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -
                     pass
 
         AbstractDbtBase.__init__(self, **base_kwargs)
+
+        container_resources = operator_kwargs.get("container_resources")
+        if isinstance(container_resources, dict):
+            operator_kwargs["container_resources"] = k8s.V1ResourceRequirements(**container_resources)
         KubernetesPodOperator.__init__(self, **operator_kwargs)
 
     def build_env_args(self, env: dict[str, str | bytes | PathLike[Any]]) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/operators/test_kubernetes.py b/tests/operators/test_kubernetes.py
index 809f45cbd6..6e1b6f7588 100644
--- a/tests/operators/test_kubernetes.py
+++ b/tests/operators/test_kubernetes.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, Mock, patch
 
+import kubernetes.client as k8s
 import pytest
 from airflow import __version__ as airflow_version
 from airflow.models import DAG, TaskInstance
@@ -461,3 +462,37 @@ def test_kubernetes_default_args():
     assert dbt_run_operation.image == image
     assert dbt_run_operation.project_dir == DBT_ROOT_PATH / "jaffle_shop"
     assert dbt_run_operation.profile_config.target_name == profile_config.target_name
+
+
+def test_kubernetes_pod_container_resources():
+    """Test that the container_resources are converted to V1ResourceRequirements in the operator."""
+    resources = {
+        "requests": {"cpu": "100m", "memory": "128Mi"},
+        "limits": {"cpu": "500m", "memory": "512Mi"},
+    }
+    a_operator = DbtRunOperationKubernetesOperator(
+        task_id="run_macro_command",
+        macro_name="macro",
+        project_dir=DBT_ROOT_PATH / "jaffle_shop",
+        container_resources=resources,
+    )
+    assert isinstance(a_operator.container_resources, k8s.V1ResourceRequirements)
+    assert a_operator.container_resources.to_dict()["requests"] == resources["requests"]
+    assert a_operator.container_resources.to_dict()["limits"] == resources["limits"]
+
+    b_operator = DbtRunOperationKubernetesOperator(
+        task_id="run_macro_command",
+        macro_name="macro",
+        project_dir=DBT_ROOT_PATH / "jaffle_shop",
+        container_resources=k8s.V1ResourceRequirements(**resources),
+    )
+    assert isinstance(b_operator.container_resources, k8s.V1ResourceRequirements)
+    assert b_operator.container_resources.to_dict()["requests"] == resources["requests"]
+    assert b_operator.container_resources.to_dict()["limits"] == resources["limits"]
+
+    c_operator = DbtRunOperationKubernetesOperator(
+        task_id="run_macro_command",
+        macro_name="macro",
+        project_dir=DBT_ROOT_PATH / "jaffle_shop",
+    )
+    assert c_operator.container_resources is None