diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-memory.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-memory.bats
index 2ad0b4f5ab..e4267033aa 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-memory.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-memory.bats
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ setup_yaml() {
 
 
 @test "Exceeding memory constraints" {
+	# pod-memory-limit.yaml has a fixed 700Mi request. Rendering a lower
+	# limit makes the pod invalid, so the Kubernetes API rejects it before
+	# the stress workload can start.
 	memory_limit_size="50Mi"
 	allocated_size="250M"
 
@@ -41,6 +44,8 @@ setup_yaml() {
 }
 
 @test "Running within memory constraints" {
+	# Render a limit above the fixed 700Mi request. Kubernetes accepts the
+	# pod, and the workload allocates less than the configured request/limit.
 	memory_limit_size="800Mi"
 	allocated_size="150M"
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/inotify-configmap-pod.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/inotify-configmap-pod.yaml
index 2e23864bf0..d53b6c5b2e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/inotify-configmap-pod.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/inotify-configmap-pod.yaml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ spec:
     command: ["bash"]
     args: ["-c", "inotifywait --timeout 120 -r /config/ && [[ -L /config/config.toml ]] && echo success" ]
     resources:
-      requests:
-        memory: 50Mi
       limits:
         memory: 1024Mi
     volumeMounts:
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-layered-sc-deployment.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-layered-sc-deployment.yaml
index dd2a334e8e..957465fcfe 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-layered-sc-deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-layered-sc-deployment.yaml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ spec:
         securityContext:
           runAsUser: 3000
         resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 100m
-            memory: 100Mi
+          limits:
+            cpu: 500m
+            memory: 800Mi
         ports:
         - containerPort: 6379
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-pod-sc-deployment.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-pod-sc-deployment.yaml
index 1059158b7d..d142634d92 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-pod-sc-deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-pod-sc-deployment.yaml
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ spec:
       - name: master
         image: quay.io/kata-containers/test-images/opstree/redis:sha256-2642c7b07713df6897fa88cbe6db85170690cf3650018ceb2ab16cfa0b4f8d48
         resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 100m
-            memory: 100Mi
+          limits:
+            cpu: 500m
+            memory: 800Mi
         ports:
         - containerPort: 6379
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-pod-sc-nobodyupdate-deployment.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-pod-sc-nobodyupdate-deployment.yaml
index 16c86f12ca..12f99015e8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-pod-sc-nobodyupdate-deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-pod-sc-nobodyupdate-deployment.yaml
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ spec:
       - name: master
         image: quay.io/kata-containers/test-images/opstree/redis:sha256-2642c7b07713df6897fa88cbe6db85170690cf3650018ceb2ab16cfa0b4f8d48
         resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 100m
-            memory: 100Mi
+          limits:
+            cpu: 500m
+            memory: 800Mi
         ports:
         - containerPort: 6379
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-pod-sc-supplementalgroups-deployment.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-pod-sc-supplementalgroups-deployment.yaml
index 8ce80fc363..a4949f9b35 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-pod-sc-supplementalgroups-deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-pod-sc-supplementalgroups-deployment.yaml
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ spec:
       - name: master
         image: quay.io/kata-containers/test-images/opstree/redis:sha256-2642c7b07713df6897fa88cbe6db85170690cf3650018ceb2ab16cfa0b4f8d48
         resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 100m
-            memory: 100Mi
+          limits:
+            cpu: 500m
+            memory: 800Mi
         ports:
         - containerPort: 6379
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-deployment.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-deployment.yaml
index 4bef33486c..739bf74eec 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/k8s-policy-deployment.yaml
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ spec:
       - name: master
         image: quay.io/kata-containers/test-images/opstree/redis:sha256-2642c7b07713df6897fa88cbe6db85170690cf3650018ceb2ab16cfa0b4f8d48
         resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 100m
-            memory: 100Mi
+          limits:
+            cpu: 500m
+            memory: 800Mi
         ports:
         - containerPort: 6379
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/limit-range.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/limit-range.yaml
index 8f774a2774..24b33ecb77 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/limit-range.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/limit-range.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,5 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   limits:
   - default:
-      cpu: 1
-    defaultRequest:
       cpu: 0.5
     type: Container
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/numa-topology-gpu-test.yaml.in b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/numa-topology-gpu-test.yaml.in
index 7167fa271c..cc0dcdcfed 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/numa-topology-gpu-test.yaml.in
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/numa-topology-gpu-test.yaml.in
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ spec:
   - name: numa-check
     image: "quay.io/kata-containers/numa:2026-05-15@sha256:a863fcf95fcbbf63352b0555a61a62537f74399dc4bca826a2e42d001e26accb"
     resources:
-      requests:
-        cpu: "1"
-        memory: "1Gi"
       limits:
         cpu: "${NUMA_TEST_VCPUS}"
         memory: "${NUMA_TEST_MEMORY}"
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/numa-topology-test.yaml.in b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/numa-topology-test.yaml.in
index 731e75a32d..0251c536b6 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/numa-topology-test.yaml.in
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/numa-topology-test.yaml.in
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ spec:
   - name: numa-check
     image: "quay.io/kata-containers/numa:2026-05-15@sha256:a863fcf95fcbbf63352b0555a61a62537f74399dc4bca826a2e42d001e26accb"
     resources:
-      requests:
-        cpu: "1"
-        memory: "1Gi"
       limits:
         cpu: "${NUMA_TEST_VCPUS}"
         memory: "${NUMA_TEST_MEMORY}"
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-burstable.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-burstable.yaml
index 0bd6616781..231fb338c9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-burstable.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-burstable.yaml
@@ -16,5 +16,3 @@ spec:
     resources:
       limits:
         memory: "800Mi"
-      requests:
-        memory: "600Mi"
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-guaranteed.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-guaranteed.yaml
index 981210229d..374521fb22 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-guaranteed.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-guaranteed.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,3 @@ spec:
       limits:
         memory: "600Mi"
         cpu: "700m"
-      requests:
-        memory: "600Mi"
-        cpu: "700m"
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-hugepage.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-hugepage.yaml
index 8156f7bcbb..cb05b78783 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-hugepage.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-hugepage.yaml
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ spec:
       limits:
         hugepages-${hugepages_size}: 512Mi
         memory: 512Mi
-      requests:
-        hugepages-${hugepages_size}: 512Mi
-        memory: 512Mi
   volumes:
   - name: hugepage
     emptyDir:
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-memory-limit.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-memory-limit.yaml
index a8b17655a0..a78560e32d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-memory-limit.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-memory-limit.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ spec:
     resources:
       limits:
         memory: "${memory_size}"
+      # k8s-memory.bats renders different limits against this fixed request:
+      # lower values must be rejected, valid higher values should be accepted.
       requests:
         memory: "700Mi"
     command: ["stress"]
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-oom.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-oom.yaml
index c0316616f7..ffdd12341d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-oom.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/pod-oom.yaml
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ spec:
       resources:
         limits:
           memory: 400Mi
-        requests:
-          memory: 400Mi
     - image: quay.io/kata-containers/sysbench-kata:latest
       imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
       name: not-oom
@@ -30,5 +28,3 @@ spec:
       resources:
         limits:
           memory: 500Mi
-        requests:
-          memory: 500Mi
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/redis-master-deployment.yaml b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/redis-master-deployment.yaml
index 218bc40719..acdf946d34 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/redis-master-deployment.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/runtimeclass_workloads/redis-master-deployment.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spec:
       - name: master
         image: quay.io/libpod/redis
         resources:
-          requests:
+          limits:
             cpu: 100m
             memory: 100Mi
         ports:
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-clh.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-clh.yaml
index e942fa90d9..3e886a8142 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-clh.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-clh.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ spec:
         - containerPort: 80
           protocol: TCP
         resources:
-          requests:
+          limits:
             cpu: 200m
       restartPolicy: Always
 ---
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-dragonball.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-dragonball.yaml
index 64ab68c52b..6f1502242d 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-dragonball.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-dragonball.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ spec:
         - containerPort: 80
           protocol: TCP
         resources:
-          requests:
+          limits:
             cpu: 200m
       restartPolicy: Always
 ---
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-fc.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-fc.yaml
index 0386bf2adb..b727ccedf1 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-fc.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-fc.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ spec:
         - containerPort: 80
           protocol: TCP
         resources:
-          requests:
+          limits:
             cpu: 200m
       restartPolicy: Always
 ---
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-qemu.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-qemu.yaml
index 7a8444503d..1d6e70bc98 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-qemu.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-qemu.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ spec:
         - containerPort: 8080
           protocol: TCP
         resources:
-          requests:
+          limits:
             cpu: 200m
       restartPolicy: Always
 ---
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-stratovirt.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-stratovirt.yaml
index dcb3517ce1..cf72e5dcd8 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-stratovirt.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-stratovirt.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ spec:
         - containerPort: 80
           protocol: TCP
         resources:
-          requests:
+          limits:
             cpu: 200m
       restartPolicy: Always
 ---