diff --git a/deployment/metrics/collectd-container-ansible.yaml b/deployment/metrics/collectd-container-ansible.yaml
index afab63115a..eac9633e09 100644
--- a/deployment/metrics/collectd-container-ansible.yaml
+++ b/deployment/metrics/collectd-container-ansible.yaml
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ outputs:
             pid: host
             user: root
             restart: always
+            mem_limit: 512m
             cap_add:
               list_concat:
                 - {get_param: CollectdContainerAdditionalCapAdd}