diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 6039752..7aae800 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ resource "helm_release" "nginx_ingress" {
     enable_owasp                   = var.enable_owasp
     default                        = var.controller_name == "default" ? true : false
     name_override                  = "ingress-${var.controller_name}"
+    memory_requests         =  var.memory_requests
+    memory_limits            = var.memory_limits
     enable_external_dns_annotation = var.enable_external_dns_annotation
     backend_repo                   = var.backend_repo
     backend_tag                    = var.backend_tag
diff --git a/templates/values.yaml.tpl b/templates/values.yaml.tpl
index 006225c..6266e5a 100644
--- a/templates/values.yaml.tpl
+++ b/templates/values.yaml.tpl
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ controller:
 
   resources:
     limits:
-      memory: 12Gi
+      memory: ${memory_limits}
     requests:
-      memory: 512Mi
+      memory: ${memory_requests}
 
   config:
     worker-shutdown-timeout: "440s"
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 24475a3..29fc9f8 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@ variable "enable_external_dns_annotation" {
   default     = false
 }
 
+variable "memory_limits" {
+  description = "value for resources:limits memory value"
+  default     = "2Gi"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "memory_requests" {
+  description = "value for resources:requests memory value"
+  default     = "512Mi"
+  type        = string
+}
+
 variable "cluster" {
   description = " cluster name used for opensearch indicies"
   type        = string