diff --git a/install/preview/entrypoint.sh b/install/preview/entrypoint.sh
index fc5eaf7b622e80..a2ac865a780879 100755
--- a/install/preview/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/install/preview/entrypoint.sh
@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ for f in /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/gitpod/*StatefulSet*.yaml; do yq
 # removing init container from ws-daemon (systemd and Ubuntu)
 yq eval-all -i 'del(.spec.template.spec.initContainers[0])' /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/gitpod/*_DaemonSet_ws-daemon.yaml
 
+# set lower requirements
+yq eval-all -i '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].resources.requests.memory="250Mi"' /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/gitpod/*_DaemonSet_ws-daemon.yaml
+yq eval-all -i '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].resources.requests.cpu="250m"' /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/gitpod/*_DaemonSet_ws-daemon.yaml
+yq eval-all -i '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].resources.requests.memory="250Mi"' /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/gitpod/*_Deployment_minio.yaml
+
 touch /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/coredns.yaml.skip
 mv -f /app/manifests/coredns.yaml /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/custom-coredns.yaml