diff --git a/terraform/environments/deployment.tf b/terraform/environments/deployment.tf
index 4da8b215190040971c24f9e3e4947af2768177ce..bb0ce296880f262d63753e6d70b0aee5747c56bd 100644
--- a/terraform/environments/deployment.tf
+++ b/terraform/environments/deployment.tf
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ resource "google_cloud_run_service" "donations_api" {
           limits = {
             # cpu can only be scaled down to 1000m as long as container_concurrency is set to != 1
             cpu    = local.environment == "production" ? "1000m" : "1000m"
-            memory = local.environment == "production" ? "512Mi" : "512Mi"
+            memory = local.environment == "production" ? "512Mi" : "256Mi"
           }
           requests = {
             cpu    = local.environment == "production" ? "1000m" : "1000m"
-            memory = local.environment == "production" ? "512Mi" : "512Mi"
+            memory = local.environment == "production" ? "512Mi" : "256Mi"
           }
         }
       }