diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 41179143ef520e2bd83d6c92baf0a5e1242c3152..df7d8bed535c5e001398c63937691b61de33f986 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ services:
       discovery.type: single-node
       xpack.security.enabled: ${ELASTIC_SECURITY}
       ELASTIC_PASSWORD: ${ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD}
-      ES_JAVA_OPTS: '-Xms512m -Xmx512m'
+      ES_JAVA_OPTS: '-Xms256m -Xmx512m'
     volumes:
       - db-elastic:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
     networks: