Yes, you can limit memory allocation for your oozie container by adding below properties in respective workflow.xml file....   <configuration> <property> <name>mapred.job.queue.name</name> <value>${job_queue}</value> </property> <property> <name>oozie.launcher.override</name> <value>true</value> </property> <property> <name>oozie.launcher.mapreduce.map.memory.mb</name> <value>512</value> </property> <property> <name>oozie.launcher.yarn.app.mapreduce.am.resource.mb</name> <value>512</value> </property> </configuration>   ... View more