diff --git a/swh/values/staging.yaml b/swh/values/staging.yaml
index 70fc67d16a090af40d491feb48b894df69fbb1bc..d2037c7faf24bdef40cd726919d1c960609f7834 100644
--- a/swh/values/staging.yaml
+++ b/swh/values/staging.yaml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ loaders:
         default_filename: archive.tar
 
     git:
-      requestedMemory: 256Mi
+      requestedMemory: 512Mi
       requestedCpu: 200m
       queues:
         - swh.loader.git.tasks.UpdateGitRepository