diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index 123673469a37bfef71e4a59b28dea5b132d3238b..cd2fe69d5fe6b183602528b84c403ceeb8d4631c 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -167,12 +167,15 @@ strimzi-kafka-operator:
         tls: false
     replicas: 3
     config:
-      message.max.bytes: "134217728" # 128 MB
-      replica.fetch.max.bytes: "134217728" #128 MB
-      auto.create.topics.enable: false
-      log.retention.ms: "7200000" # 2h
-      metrics.sample.window.ms: "5000" #5s
-  
+      "message.max.bytes": "134217728" # 128 MB
+      "replica.fetch.max.bytes": "134217728" #128 MB
+      "auto.create.topics.enable": false
+      "log.retention.ms": "7200000" # 2h
+      "metrics.sample.window.ms": "5000" #5s
+    jvmOptions:
+      "-Xmx": "512M"
+      "-Xms": "512M"
+
   zookeeper:
     replicas: 3