diff --git a/controllers/drupalsite_resources.go b/controllers/drupalsite_resources.go
index d8961b75fb51b47766de350b96668b1f2b10fc07..0cf51e1ee3911da4ac5739f7e026348d35a724ec 100644
--- a/controllers/drupalsite_resources.go
+++ b/controllers/drupalsite_resources.go
@@ -1451,6 +1451,9 @@ func jobForDrupalSiteClone(currentobject *batchv1.Job, databaseSecret string, d
 						Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
 							corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse(jobMemoryRequest),
 						},
+						Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
+							corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse(jobMemoryLimit),
+						},
 					},
 					Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
 						{