diff --git a/airflow/kubernetes/pod_generator.py b/airflow/kubernetes/pod_generator.py
index 1742efe5928994..cc821af2edc8ac 100644
--- a/airflow/kubernetes/pod_generator.py
+++ b/airflow/kubernetes/pod_generator.py
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ class PodDefaults:
         name=SIDECAR_CONTAINER_NAME,
         command=['sh', '-c', XCOM_CMD],
         image='alpine',
-        volume_mounts=[VOLUME_MOUNT]
+        volume_mounts=[VOLUME_MOUNT],
+        resources=k8s.V1ResourceRequirements(
+            requests={
+                "cpu": "1m",
+            }
+        ),
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/kubernetes/test_pod_generator.py b/tests/kubernetes/test_pod_generator.py
index a8811950bb290d..63e4535c290e1f 100644
--- a/tests/kubernetes/test_pod_generator.py
+++ b/tests/kubernetes/test_pod_generator.py
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ def test_gen_pod_extract_xcom(self, mock_uuid):
                     'name': 'xcom',
                     'mountPath': '/airflow/xcom'
                 }
-            ]
+            ],
+            'resources': {'requests': {'cpu': '1m'}},
         }
         self.expected['spec']['containers'].append(container_two)
         self.expected['spec']['containers'][0]['volumeMounts'].insert(0, {