diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
index b658c29ad4fc..12cc5badc696 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ spec:
             runAsUser: 0
           resources:
             limits:
-              memory: 200Mi
+              memory: 500Mi
             requests:
               cpu: 100m
-              memory: 100Mi
+              memory: 200Mi
           volumeMounts:
             - name: proc
               mountPath: /hostfs/proc
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed/elastic-agent-managed-daemonset.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed/elastic-agent-managed-daemonset.yaml
index a12b01166dc1..49d6143b1271 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed/elastic-agent-managed-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-managed/elastic-agent-managed-daemonset.yaml
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ spec:
             runAsUser: 0
           resources:
             limits:
-              memory: 200Mi
+              memory: 500Mi
             requests:
               cpu: 100m
-              memory: 100Mi
+              memory: 200Mi
           volumeMounts:
             - name: proc
               mountPath: /hostfs/proc
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yaml
index 2b5a5651926e..266dda40bdfe 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone-kubernetes.yaml
@@ -491,10 +491,10 @@ spec:
             runAsUser: 0
           resources:
             limits:
-              memory: 200Mi
+              memory: 500Mi
             requests:
               cpu: 100m
-              memory: 100Mi
+              memory: 200Mi
           volumeMounts:
             - name: datastreams
               mountPath: /etc/agent.yml
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-daemonset.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-daemonset.yaml
index 6bc45b5145ea..6cf04ef7fd4b 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/elastic-agent-standalone/elastic-agent-standalone-daemonset.yaml
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ spec:
             runAsUser: 0
           resources:
             limits:
-              memory: 200Mi
+              memory: 500Mi
             requests:
               cpu: 100m
-              memory: 100Mi
+              memory: 200Mi
           volumeMounts:
             - name: datastreams
               mountPath: /etc/agent.yml
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 1a411e5a1894..f97ad68d7a29 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -124,4 +124,5 @@
 - Enable configuring monitoring namespace {issue}26439[26439]
 - Communicate with Fleet Server over HTTP2. {pull}26474[26474]
 - Support Node and Service autodiscovery in kubernetes dynamic provider. {pull}26801[26801]
+- Increase Agent's mem limits in k8s. {pull}27153[27153]
 - Add new --enroll-delay option for install and enroll commands. {pull}27118[27118]