diff --git a/charts/internal/cert-management-garden-runtime/templates/vpa.yaml b/charts/internal/cert-management-garden-runtime/templates/vpa.yaml
index fba5e51c..8ac1c29f 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cert-management-garden-runtime/templates/vpa.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cert-management-garden-runtime/templates/vpa.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
----
+{{- if .Values.vpa.enabled }}
 apiVersion: autoscaling.k8s.io/v1
 kind: VerticalPodAutoscaler
 metadata:
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ spec:
     kind: Deployment
     name: {{ include "cert-management.fullname" . }}
   updatePolicy:
-    updateMode: "Auto"
+    updateMode: {{ .Values.vpa.updatePolicy.updateMode }}
   resourcePolicy:
     containerPolicies:
       - containerName: '*'
         controlledValues: RequestsOnly
         minAllowed:
-          memory: 20Mi
+          memory: {{ .Values.vpa.minAllowed.memory }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/internal/cert-management-garden-runtime/values.yaml b/charts/internal/cert-management-garden-runtime/values.yaml
index 6260862b..dfae0df1 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cert-management-garden-runtime/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cert-management-garden-runtime/values.yaml
@@ -12,11 +12,8 @@ images:
 
 resources:
   requests:
-   cpu: 50m
-   memory: 64Mi
-  limits:
-   cpu: 200m
-   memory: 128Mi
+   cpu: 5m
+   memory: 30Mi
 
 nodeSelector: {}
 tolerations: []