diff --git a/devops/gcp/deploy/templates/deployment.yaml b/devops/gcp/deploy/templates/deployment.yaml
index 8c883af78718775e0258b30d0bfef0521f5a4fe2..9567b18a96d72591e1caab78ba4d80120ca84cf9 100644
--- a/devops/gcp/deploy/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/devops/gcp/deploy/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ spec:
         app: "{{ .Values.conf.appName }}"
       annotations:
         rollme: {{ randAlphaNum 5 | quote }}
+        sidecar.istio.io/proxyCPU: {{ .Values.istio.proxyCPU | quote }}
+        sidecar.istio.io/proxyMemory: {{ .Values.istio.proxyMemory | quote }}
+        sidecar.istio.io/proxyCPULimit: {{ .Values.istio.proxyCPULimit | quote }}
+        sidecar.istio.io/proxyMemoryLimit: {{ .Values.istio.proxyMemoryLimit | quote }}
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: "{{ .Values.conf.appName }}"
diff --git a/devops/gcp/deploy/values.yaml b/devops/gcp/deploy/values.yaml
index 2ef4cb8867cc264cf10b3f298f7629042eddb692..354c91f4bc78bbec24a5e632803921a69d0ebed7 100644
--- a/devops/gcp/deploy/values.yaml
+++ b/devops/gcp/deploy/values.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ data:
   image: ""
   imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
   serviceAccountName: "indexer"
+
 conf:
   appName: "indexer"
   configmap: "indexer-config"
@@ -18,3 +19,9 @@ conf:
   rabbitmqSecretName: "rabbitmq-secret"
   onPremEnabled: false
   domain: ""
+
+istio:
+  proxyCPU: "50m"
+  proxyCPULimit: "500m"
+  proxyMemory: "64Mi"
+  proxyMemoryLimit: "512Mi"