diff --git a/templates/cdi/config.yaml b/templates/cdi/config.yaml
index cbb8d82194..eeb684cc36 100644
--- a/templates/cdi/config.yaml
+++ b/templates/cdi/config.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ spec:
     podResourceRequirements:
       limits:
         cpu: 1000m
-        memory: 600M
+        # Temporarily increase value to workaround OOMKill during importing huge images ~2.9GiB on linux kernels 6.12+.
+        # TODO: mitigate root cause and return to 600M.
+        memory: 3600M
       requests:
         cpu: 100m
         memory: 60M