diff --git a/hack/helm_vars/wire-server/values.yaml.gotmpl b/hack/helm_vars/wire-server/values.yaml.gotmpl
index 4b13bbb9c3..509da39f8e 100644
--- a/hack/helm_vars/wire-server/values.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/hack/helm_vars/wire-server/values.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ brig:
   resources:
     requests: {}
     limits:
-      memory: 512Mi
+      memory: 1Gi
   config:
     externalUrls:
       nginz: https://kube-staging-nginz-https.zinfra.io