diff --git a/components/gitops/development/core_service_resources_patch.yaml b/components/gitops/development/core_service_resources_patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d93979e21c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/gitops/development/core_service_resources_patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: gitops-core-service-controller-manager
+  namespace: gitops
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: manager
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 100Mi
diff --git a/components/gitops/development/gitops-service-argocd.yaml b/components/gitops/development/gitops-service-argocd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ee73e1a2dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/gitops/development/gitops-service-argocd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: ArgoCD
+metadata:
+  name: gitops-service-argocd
+  namespace: gitops-service-argocd
+spec:
+  repo:
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        cpu: 100m
+        memory: 100Mi
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diff --git a/components/gitops/development/kustomization.yaml b/components/gitops/development/kustomization.yaml
index 322bdd579a6..ddfcf202fc0 100644
--- a/components/gitops/development/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/components/gitops/development/kustomization.yaml
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@ images:
   - name: \${COMMON_IMAGE}
     newName: quay.io/redhat-appstudio/gitops-service
     newTag: 87e1f9acc67bf033d2159951ba6489f0836586ef
+
+patches:
+  - path: core_service_resources_patch.yaml
+  - path: service_agent_resources_patch.yaml
+  - path: gitops-service-argocd.yaml
diff --git a/components/gitops/development/service_agent_resources_patch.yaml b/components/gitops/development/service_agent_resources_patch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9ed7fddad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/gitops/development/service_agent_resources_patch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: gitops-service-agent-controller-manager
+  namespace: gitops
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: manager
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 50m
+            memory: 100Mi