diff --git a/cluster/addons/metrics-server/metrics-server-deployment.yaml b/cluster/addons/metrics-server/metrics-server-deployment.yaml
index e82eb9d74a203..73375b2202b1b 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/metrics-server/metrics-server-deployment.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/metrics-server/metrics-server-deployment.yaml
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ spec:
             cpu: 100m
             memory: 300Mi
           requests:
-            cpu: 50m
-            memory: 100Mi
+            cpu: 5m
+            memory: 50Mi
         env:
           - name: MY_POD_NAME
             valueFrom: