diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-standin.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-standin.yaml
index 12b20f6b73..55d91da87c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-standin.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-standin.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ spec:
               memory: "30Mi"
               cpu: 10m
             limits:
-              memory: "100Mi"
+              memory: "500Mi"
           ports:
             - containerPort: 5432
           env:
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-database-standin.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-database-standin.yaml
index bc3ffdc8ff..47991610fc 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-database-standin.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-database-standin.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
         resources:
           requests:
             memory: "200Mi"
-            cpu: "250m"
+            cpu: "50m"
           limits:
             memory: "2Gi"
         ports:
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/values.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/values.yaml
index cda6236b5d..06acad93ba 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/values.yaml
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ resources:
   ingest:
     requests:
       memory: "1Gi"
-      cpu: "200m"
+      cpu: "20m"
     limits:
       cpu: "200m"
       memory: "10Gi"
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ resources:
   lapis:
     requests:
       memory: "220Mi"
-      cpu: "30m"
+      cpu: "20m"
     limits:
       memory: "5Gi"
   silo-preprocessing:
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ resources:
   backend:
     requests:
       memory: "640Mi"
-      cpu: "250m"
+      cpu: "150m"
     limits:
       memory: "3Gi" # Backend requires at least 635741K of memory
   preprocessing:
@@ -1763,6 +1763,5 @@ defaultResources:
     cpu: "20m"
   limits:
     memory: "1Gi"
-    cpu: "20m"
 ingest:
   ncbiGatewayUrl: null