diff --git a/resources/istio/profile-evaluation.yaml b/resources/istio/profile-evaluation.yaml
index aecebcb1236e..76cb1f15ccc3 100644
--- a/resources/istio/profile-evaluation.yaml
+++ b/resources/istio/profile-evaluation.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ helmValues:
     proxy:
       resources:
         requests:
-          cpu: 100m
+          cpu: 10m
           memory: 32Mi
         limits:
           cpu: 250m
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ components:
           cpu: 500m
           memory: 128Mi
         requests:
-          cpu: 100m
+          cpu: 10m
           memory: 32Mi
 
   pilot:
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ components:
             cpu: 250m
             memory: 384Mi
           requests:
-            cpu: 100m
+            cpu: 10m
             memory: 128Mi
 
 monitoring:
diff --git a/resources/istio/profile-production.yaml b/resources/istio/profile-production.yaml
index a80f35bfd9f0..dfb6938ad3cc 100644
--- a/resources/istio/profile-production.yaml
+++ b/resources/istio/profile-production.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ helmValues:
     proxy:
       resources:
         requests:
-          cpu: 100m
+          cpu: 10m
           memory: 192Mi
         limits:
           cpu: 1000m
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ components:
           cpu: 2000m
           memory: 1024Mi
         requests:
-          cpu: 100m
+          cpu: 10m
           memory: 128Mi
       affinity:
         podAntiAffinity:
diff --git a/resources/istio/values.yaml b/resources/istio/values.yaml
index 029b0224d6eb..979fb13ee9ba 100644
--- a/resources/istio/values.yaml
+++ b/resources/istio/values.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ helmValues:
       readinessPeriodSeconds: 5
       resources:
         requests:
-          cpu: 100m
+          cpu: 10m
           memory: 64Mi
         limits:
           cpu: 250m
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ components:
           cpu: 2000m
           memory: 1024Mi
         requests:
-          cpu: 100m
+          cpu: 10m
           memory: 120Mi
 
   ingressGateways:
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ components:
           cpu: 2000m
           memory: 1024Mi
         requests:
-          cpu: 100m
+          cpu: 10m
           memory: 128Mi
       strategy:
         rollingUpdate:
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ components:
           cpu: 500m
           memory: 1024Mi
         requests:
-          cpu: 100m
+          cpu: 10m
           memory: 512Mi
       securityContext:
         runAsUser: 65534