diff --git a/charts/kafka-connect/Chart.yaml b/charts/kafka-connect/Chart.yaml
index 2b2c591..4a193fa 100644
--- a/charts/kafka-connect/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kafka-connect/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.1.7
+version: 0.1.8
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/charts/kafka-connect/templates/connect-cluster.yaml b/charts/kafka-connect/templates/connect-cluster.yaml
index d72baff..24d3d78 100644
--- a/charts/kafka-connect/templates/connect-cluster.yaml
+++ b/charts/kafka-connect/templates/connect-cluster.yaml
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@ spec:
   version: {{ $config.version | default $global.version }}
   replicas: {{ $config.replicas | default $global.replicas }}
   resources:
-    requests:
-      memory: {{ $config.resources.requests.memory | default $global.resources.requests.memory }}
-      cpu: {{ $config.resources.requests.cpu | default $global.resources.requests.cpu }}
-    limits:
-      memory: {{ $config.resources.limits.memory | default $global.resources.limits.memory }}
-      cpu: {{ $config.resources.limits.cpu | default $global.resources.limits.cpu }}
+  {{- if $config.resources -}}
+    {{ $config.resources | toYaml | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- else -}}
+    {{ $global.resources | toYaml | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
   bootstrapServers: {{ $.Values.kafka.bootstrapServers }}
   template:
     pod:
diff --git a/charts/kafka-connect/values.yaml b/charts/kafka-connect/values.yaml
index 452595f..17b9137 100644
--- a/charts/kafka-connect/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kafka-connect/values.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ global:
       memory: 512Mi
       cpu: "0.5"
     limits:
-      memory: 1Gi
+      memory: 2Gi
       cpu: "1"
   configTopicPrefix: __connect-cluster
   version: 3.8.0