diff --git a/charts/wiremock/Chart.yaml b/charts/wiremock/Chart.yaml
index bbd1cea..0309729 100644
--- a/charts/wiremock/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/wiremock/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 1.8.0
+version: 1.9.0
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/charts/wiremock/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/wiremock/templates/deployment.yaml
index 4e7be66..ceb5e2d 100644
--- a/charts/wiremock/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/wiremock/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ spec:
           image: "{{ .Values.initContainer.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.initContainer.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.initContainer.image.pullPolicy }}
           command: ["bash", "-c", "cp  -rfv /data/mappings /home/wiremock/storage/mappings"]
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.initContainer.resources | nindent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /data/mappings
               name: mappings-volume
@@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ spec:
           image: "{{ .Values.initContainer.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.initContainer.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.initContainer.image.pullPolicy }}
           command: ["bash", "-c", "cp  -rfv /data/responses /home/wiremock/storage/__files"]
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.initContainer.resources | nindent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /data/responses
               name: responses-volume
diff --git a/charts/wiremock/values.yaml b/charts/wiremock/values.yaml
index 3f1435e..09979c3 100644
--- a/charts/wiremock/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/wiremock/values.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,17 @@ initContainer:
     repository: bash
     tag: 5
     pullPolicy: Always
+  resources: {}
+  # We usually recommend not to specify default resources and to leave this as a conscious
+  # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little
+  # resources, such as Minikube. If you do want to specify resources, uncomment the following
+  # lines, adjust them as necessary, and remove the curly braces after 'resources:'.
+  #  limits:
+  #    cpu: 100m
+  #    memory: 128Mi
+  #  requests:
+  #    cpu: 100m
+  #    memory: 128Mi
   extraVolumeMounts: {}
 
 extraInitContainers: []