diff --git a/helm-charts/templates/data-plane/ratelimiter/ratelimiter-deployment.yaml b/helm-charts/templates/data-plane/ratelimiter/ratelimiter-deployment.yaml
index 5319e7d4a..4eba100cb 100644
--- a/helm-charts/templates/data-plane/ratelimiter/ratelimiter-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/templates/data-plane/ratelimiter/ratelimiter-deployment.yaml
@@ -39,14 +39,22 @@ spec:
       automountServiceAccountToken: false
       serviceAccountName: {{ .Values.wso2.apk.auth.serviceAccountName }}
       containers:
-        {{if and .Values.wso2.apk.metrics.enabled .Values.wso2.apk.metrics.statsd }}
+        {{- if .Values.wso2.apk.metrics.enabled }}
+        {{- $statsd := .Values.wso2.apk.metrics.statsd | default (dict "image" (dict "repository" "prom/statsd-exporter" "tag" "v0.26.0") "imagePullPolicy" "IfNotPresent" "resources" (dict "limits" (dict "cpu" "2m" "memory" "128Mi") "requests" (dict "cpu" "0.1m" "memory" "64Mi"))) }}
         - name: statsd
-          image: {{ .Values.wso2.apk.metrics.statsd.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.wso2.apk.metrics.statsd.image.tag }}
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.wso2.apk.metrics.statsd.imagePullPolicy }}
+          image: "{{ $statsd.image.repository }}:{{ $statsd.image.tag }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: "{{ $statsd.imagePullPolicy }}"
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              memory: "{{ $statsd.resources.limits.memory }}"
+              cpu: "{{ $statsd.resources.limits.cpu }}"
+            requests:
+              memory: "{{ $statsd.resources.requests.memory }}"
+              cpu: "{{ $statsd.resources.requests.cpu }}"
           ports:
             - name: statsd-metrics
               containerPort: 9102
-        {{ end }}
+        {{- end }}
         - name: ratelimiter
           image: {{ .Values.wso2.apk.dp.ratelimiter.deployment.image }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.wso2.apk.dp.ratelimiter.deployment.imagePullPolicy }}