diff --git a/deployment/base/lexbox-deployment.yaml b/deployment/base/lexbox-deployment.yaml
index da2c22e73..60cdabaad 100644
--- a/deployment/base/lexbox-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployment/base/lexbox-deployment.yaml
@@ -54,15 +54,14 @@ spec:
         runAsNonRoot: true
       containers:
       - name: lexbox-api
-        # TODO: need to parameterize this tag
         image: ghcr.io/sillsdev/lexbox-api:develop
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         # https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers
         resources:
-          requests: # TODO: need to establish resource limits, possibly after seeing it in action for some regular and/or load testing
-            memory: 200Mi
+          requests:
+            memory: 300Mi
           limits:
-            memory: 250Mi
+            memory: 350Mi
         startupProbe:
           httpGet:
             port: 5158
diff --git a/deployment/production/lexbox-deployment.patch.yaml b/deployment/production/lexbox-deployment.patch.yaml
index a1640bed2..5a29c7d6a 100644
--- a/deployment/production/lexbox-deployment.patch.yaml
+++ b/deployment/production/lexbox-deployment.patch.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ spec:
         - name: lexbox-api
           resources:
             requests:
-              memory: 450Mi # based on usage
+              memory: 1Gi # based on usage
             limits:
-              memory: 450Mi
+              memory: 1Gi
           env:
             - name: Email__SmtpHost
               value: email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com