diff --git a/fastp.wdl b/fastp.wdl
index 572de7dc603fa82b4b2da92b66df520af32ef408..becbaf4bf99a24c0dbd332556134ddd554a6b802 100644
--- a/fastp.wdl
+++ b/fastp.wdl
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ task Fastp {
         Boolean performAdapterTrimming = true
         
         Int threads = 4
-        String memory = "5GiB"
+        String memory = "10GiB"
         Int timeMinutes = 1 + ceil(size([read1, read2], "G")  * 7.0 / threads)
         String dockerImage = "quay.io/biocontainers/fastp:0.23.2--h5f740d0_3"
     }