diff --git a/dev-upgrade/kafka/kafka-dev.yaml b/dev-upgrade/kafka/kafka-dev.yaml
index 3fbee0b..71e0cde 100644
--- a/dev-upgrade/kafka/kafka-dev.yaml
+++ b/dev-upgrade/kafka/kafka-dev.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ spec:
   oneReplicaPerNode: true
   configOverrides:
     jvm:
-      - "-Xmx128m"
+      - "-Xmx2g"
   podTemplate:
     affinity:
       nodeAffinity:
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ spec:
       - auto.create.topics.enable=true
       - default.replication.factor=3
     jvm:
-      - "-Xmx512m"
+      - "-Xmx2g"
   podTemplate:
     resources:
       requests:
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ spec:
   oneReplicaPerNode: true
   configOverrides:
     jvm:
-      - "-Xmx128m"
+      - "-Xmx2g"
   podTemplate:
     affinity:
       nodeAffinity: