diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b4e29edf2..879c8f699b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ the release.
 
 * [tests] run trace based tests concurrently
   ([#1659](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1659))
+* [accountingservice] increase memory to 120MB
+  ([#1666](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/1666))
 
 ## 1.11.0
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2ea73d55f8..afa1c69dc6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ services:
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits:
-          memory: 50M
+          memory: 120M
     restart: unless-stopped
     environment:
       - KAFKA_SERVICE_ADDR