diff --git a/charts/etcd/templates/etc/_kubernetes-etcd.yaml.tpl b/charts/etcd/templates/etc/_kubernetes-etcd.yaml.tpl
index 737f21ab..5df4eb10 100644
--- a/charts/etcd/templates/etc/_kubernetes-etcd.yaml.tpl
+++ b/charts/etcd/templates/etc/_kubernetes-etcd.yaml.tpl
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ spec:
     - name: etcd-health-check
       image: {{ .Values.images.tags.etcdctl }}
       imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.pull_policy }}
-{{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.etcd_pod | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 6 }}
+{{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.etcd_pod_sidecar | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 6 }}
 {{ dict "envAll" $envAll "application" "etcd" "container" "etcd" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_container_security_context" | indent 6 }}
       env:
         - name: ETCDCTL_API
diff --git a/charts/etcd/values.yaml b/charts/etcd/values.yaml
index 2bbede89..b79b0676 100644
--- a/charts/etcd/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/etcd/values.yaml
@@ -261,6 +261,13 @@ pod:
       limits:
         memory: "1024Mi"
         cpu: "2000m"
+    etcd_pod_sidecar:
+      requests:
+        memory: "128Mi"
+        cpu: "100m"
+      limits:
+        memory: "1024Mi"
+        cpu: "2000m"
     test:
       limits:
         memory: "128Mi"