diff --git a/charts/pulsar/values.yaml b/charts/pulsar/values.yaml
index a7960b5..3447a9a 100644
--- a/charts/pulsar/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/pulsar/values.yaml
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ zookeeper:
       -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions
       -XX:+DoEscapeAnalysis
       -XX:+DisableExplicitGC
+      -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError
       -XX:+PerfDisableSharedMem
   ## Add a custom command to the start up process of the zookeeper pods (e.g. update-ca-certificates, jvm commands, etc)
   additionalCommand: