diff --git a/.woodpecker/api.yml b/.woodpecker/api.yml
index 0202f26..82b6cf1 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/api.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/api.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ clone:
 steps:
   - name: install-api-deps
     image: python:3.13-slim
+    backend_options:
+      kubernetes:
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            memory: 512Mi
+          limits:
+            memory: 1Gi
     commands:
       - apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libglib2.0-0
       - python -m venv .venv