diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-deployment.yaml
index a95d2076b..7300e596a 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-deployment.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: loculus-keycloak-database
           image: postgres:latest
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              memory: "100Mi"
+              cpu: "100m"
+            limits:
+              memory: "100Mi"
           ports:
             - containerPort: 5432
           env: