diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-kafka-cluster/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-kafka-cluster/action.yml
index b8a73394235a..71deeabc88ea 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-kafka-cluster/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-kafka-cluster/action.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ runs:
         --set controller.replicaCount=${{ inputs.controller-replicas }} \
         --set controller.resources.requests.cpu=50m \
         --set controller.resources.requests.memory=128Mi \
+        --set controller.resources.limits.cpu=4000m \
+        --set controller.resources.limits.memory=4Gi \
         --set listeners.controller.protocol=PLAINTEXT \
         --set listeners.client.protocol=PLAINTEXT \
         --create-namespace \