diff --git a/templates/Deployment-kubeStateMetrics.yaml b/templates/Deployment-kubeStateMetrics.yaml
index cc60acc..36479c3 100644
--- a/templates/Deployment-kubeStateMetrics.yaml
+++ b/templates/Deployment-kubeStateMetrics.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ spec:
             cpu: 100m
             memory: 40Mi
           requests:
-            cpu: 20m
+            cpu: 50m
             memory: 20Mi
         securityContext:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false