diff --git a/stable/jenkins/CHANGELOG.md b/stable/jenkins/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ace7330d1..f2fe417c95 100644
--- a/stable/jenkins/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/stable/jenkins/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ numbering uses [semantic versioning](http://semver.org).
 
 NOTE: The change log until version 1.5.7 is auto generated based on git commits. Those include a reference to the git commit to be able to get more details.
 
+## 1.7.1
+
+Update the default requirements for jenkins-slave to 512Mi which fixes frequently encountered [issue #3723](https://github.com/helm/charts/issues/3723)
+
 ## 1.7.0
 
 [Jenkins Configuration as Code Plugin](https://github.com/jenkinsci/configuration-as-code-plugin) default configuration can now be enabled via `master.JCasC.defaultConfig`.
diff --git a/stable/jenkins/Chart.yaml b/stable/jenkins/Chart.yaml
index 01596d1403..c45dc3e300 100755
--- a/stable/jenkins/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/jenkins/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: jenkins
 home: https://jenkins.io/
-version: 1.7.0
+version: 1.7.1
 appVersion: lts
 description: Open source continuous integration server. It supports multiple SCM tools
   including CVS, Subversion and Git. It can execute Apache Ant and Apache Maven-based
diff --git a/stable/jenkins/README.md b/stable/jenkins/README.md
index ea14cfd074..e724d7065a 100644
--- a/stable/jenkins/README.md
+++ b/stable/jenkins/README.md
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Some third-party systems, e.g. GitHub, use HTML-formatted data in their payload
 | `agent.imagePullSecret`    | Agent image pull secret                         | Not set                |
 | `agent.tag`                | Agent image tag                                 | `3.27-1`               |
 | `agent.privileged`         | Agent privileged container                      | `false`                |
-| `agent.resources`          | Resources allocation (Requests and Limits)      | `{requests: {cpu: 200m, memory: 256Mi}, limits: {cpu: 200m, memory: 256Mi}}`|
+| `agent.resources`          | Resources allocation (Requests and Limits)      | `{requests: {cpu: 512m, memory: 512Mi}, limits: {cpu: 512m, memory: 512Mi}}`|
 | `agent.volumes`            | Additional volumes                              | `nil`                  |
 | `agent.envVars`            | Environment variables for the agent Pod         | Not set                |
 | `agent.command`            | Executed command when side container starts     | Not set                |
diff --git a/stable/jenkins/values.yaml b/stable/jenkins/values.yaml
index fb74b432ac..fda6a01e21 100644
--- a/stable/jenkins/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/jenkins/values.yaml
@@ -364,11 +364,11 @@ agent:
   privileged: false
   resources:
     requests:
-      cpu: "200m"
-      memory: "256Mi"
+      cpu: "512m"
+      memory: "512Mi"
     limits:
-      cpu: "200m"
-      memory: "256Mi"
+      cpu: "512m"
+      memory: "512Mi"
   # You may want to change this to true while testing a new image
   alwaysPullImage: false
   # Controls how agent pods are retained after the Jenkins build completes