diff --git a/services/git-bridge/start.sh b/services/git-bridge/start.sh
index 85eb1c4dd4..1914603a4d 100755
--- a/services/git-bridge/start.sh
+++ b/services/git-bridge/start.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 /opt/envsubst < /envsubst_template.json > /conf/runtime.json
-exec java -XX:+UseContainerSupport -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=75.0 -jar /git-bridge.jar /conf/runtime.json
+exec java -XX:+UseContainerSupport -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50.0 -jar /git-bridge.jar /conf/runtime.json