diff --git a/swh/values/staging.yaml b/swh/values/staging.yaml
index ec76bd3d0e6785e9c924ef62f8aaeb822f96504e..70fc67d16a090af40d491feb48b894df69fbb1bc 100644
--- a/swh/values/staging.yaml
+++ b/swh/values/staging.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ loaders:
         maxReplicaCount: 1
       image: swh_loader_package_image
     directory:
-      requestedMemory: 256Mi
+      requestedMemory: 768Mi
       requestedCpu: 200m
       queues:
         - swh.loader.core.tasks.LoadDirectory