diff --git a/pkg/k8shandler/defaults.go b/pkg/k8shandler/defaults.go
index 01b4eddc81..f9090a9e57 100644
--- a/pkg/k8shandler/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/k8shandler/defaults.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var (
 	defaultEsMemory     resource.Quantity = resource.MustParse("16Gi")
 	defaultEsCpuRequest resource.Quantity = resource.MustParse("1")
 
-	defaultEsProxyMemory     resource.Quantity = resource.MustParse("64Mi")
+	defaultEsProxyMemory     resource.Quantity = resource.MustParse("256Mi")
 	defaultEsProxyCpuRequest resource.Quantity = resource.MustParse("100m")
 
 	defaultKibanaMemory     resource.Quantity = resource.MustParse("736Mi")