diff --git a/incubator/elasticsearch/values.yaml b/incubator/elasticsearch/values.yaml
index dd649852d..fff725a2e 100644
--- a/incubator/elasticsearch/values.yaml
+++ b/incubator/elasticsearch/values.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ node:
     ##
     resources:
       requests:
-        memory: "512Mi"
+        memory: "1536Mi"
     ## Enable persistence using Persistent Volume Claims
     ## ref: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/persistent-volumes/
     ##