diff --git a/hack/faasd-provider.service b/hack/faasd-provider.service
index 997f7ee..d86c75b 100644
--- a/hack/faasd-provider.service
+++ b/hack/faasd-provider.service
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Description=faasd-provider
 
 [Service]
-MemoryLimit=500M
+MemoryMax=500M
 Environment="secret_mount_path={{.SecretMountPath}}"
 Environment="basic_auth=true"
 Environment="hosts_dir=/var/lib/faasd"
diff --git a/hack/faasd.service b/hack/faasd.service
index 81fdb47..6a0451d 100644
--- a/hack/faasd.service
+++ b/hack/faasd.service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=faasd
 After=faasd-provider.service
 
 [Service]
-MemoryLimit=500M
+MemoryMax=500M
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/faasd up
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=10s