diff --git a/workflow/prepare/Snakefile b/workflow/prepare/Snakefile
index 3574e0a1c9e19a41f791f99254cff257d03dae56..c16afb8ef831caace8b8e062efe53f7c1667eebe 100644
--- a/workflow/prepare/Snakefile
+++ b/workflow/prepare/Snakefile
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ rule generate_segemehl_index_genome:
             "generate_segemehl_index_genome.log",
         ),
     resources:
-        mem=50,
+        mem=60,
         threads=8,
         time=6,
     singularity: