diff --git a/flux2/apps/wordpress/wordpress-values-configmap.yaml b/flux2/apps/wordpress/wordpress-values-configmap.yaml
index 986cbf0093df78f0318ae9f275a224705d1fac4d..396c20259786e0bd18b946b9f61cbb4fe45cd434 100644
--- a/flux2/apps/wordpress/wordpress-values-configmap.yaml
+++ b/flux2/apps/wordpress/wordpress-values-configmap.yaml
@@ -84,12 +84,14 @@ data:
       commonLabels:
         stackspin.net/backupSet: "wordpress"
 
+    # It's advisable to set resource limits to prevent your K8s cluster from
+    # crashing
     resources:
       limits:
-        cpu: 1000m
+        cpu: 500m
         memory: 512Mi
       requests:
-        cpu: 250m
+        cpu: 100m
         memory: 256Mi
 
     ingress: