diff --git a/charts/coredns/Chart.yaml b/charts/coredns/Chart.yaml
index 8396a7893..ab9721dca 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: coredns
-version: 1.45.2
+version: 1.45.3
 appVersion: 1.13.1
 home: https://coredns.io
 icon: https://coredns.io/images/CoreDNS_Colour_Horizontal.png
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ maintainers:
 type: application
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/changes: |
+    - kind: changed
+      description: Align default resources with upstream kubeadm CoreDNS defaults (remove CPU limit, set memory limit to 170Mi, set memory request to 70Mi)
     - kind: added
       description: Add configurable dnsPolicy for deployment
diff --git a/charts/coredns/values.yaml b/charts/coredns/values.yaml
index 5f49cb330..37b1c8591 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/values.yaml
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@ replicaCount: 1
 
 resources:
   limits:
-    cpu: 100m
-    memory: 128Mi
+    memory: 170Mi
   requests:
     cpu: 100m
-    memory: 128Mi
+    memory: 70Mi
 
 rollingUpdate:
   maxUnavailable: 1