diff --git a/examples/storage/cassandra/README.md b/examples/storage/cassandra/README.md
index 36206932d04..4067ce5ace9 100644
--- a/examples/storage/cassandra/README.md
+++ b/examples/storage/cassandra/README.md
@@ -242,10 +242,10 @@ spec:
           name: cql
         resources:
           limits:
-            cpu: "1"
+            cpu: "500m"
             memory: 1Gi
           requests:
-           cpu: "1"
+           cpu: "500m"
            memory: 1Gi
         securityContext:
           capabilities:
diff --git a/examples/storage/cassandra/cassandra-petset.yaml b/examples/storage/cassandra/cassandra-petset.yaml
index 9bd28660aac..9227e0ddf74 100644
--- a/examples/storage/cassandra/cassandra-petset.yaml
+++ b/examples/storage/cassandra/cassandra-petset.yaml
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ spec:
           name: cql
         resources:
           limits:
-            cpu: "1"
+            cpu: "500m"
             memory: 1Gi
           requests:
-           cpu: "1"
+           cpu: "500m"
            memory: 1Gi
         securityContext:
           capabilities: