diff --git a/charts/sapl/v0.2.0/values.yaml b/charts/sapl/v0.2.0/values.yaml
index 1f04613..d72b49e 100644
--- a/charts/sapl/v0.2.0/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/sapl/v0.2.0/values.yaml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ resources:
     cpu: 1000m
     memory: 1Gi
   requests:
-    cpu: 50m
+    cpu: 40m
     memory: 500Mi
 
 autoscaling: