diff --git a/conf/bkenv.sh b/conf/bkenv.sh
index 6c8295797f2e7..363d8d2423df4 100644
--- a/conf/bkenv.sh
+++ b/conf/bkenv.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ BOOKIE_CONF=${BOOKIE_CONF:-"$BK_HOME/conf/bookkeeper.conf"}
 # BOOKIE_LOG_DIR=
 
 # Memory size options
-BOOKIE_MEM=${BOOKIE_MEM:-"-Xms2g -Xmx2g -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2g"}
+BOOKIE_MEM=${BOOKIE_MEM:-${PULSAR_MEM:-"-Xms2g -Xmx2g -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2g"}}
 
 # Garbage collection options
 BOOKIE_GC=${BOOKIE_GC:-"-XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=10 -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+DoEscapeAnalysis -XX:ParallelGCThreads=32 -XX:ConcGCThreads=32 -XX:G1NewSizePercent=50 -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:-ResizePLAB"}
diff --git a/deployment/kubernetes/helm/pulsar/templates/bookkeeper-statefulset.yaml b/deployment/kubernetes/helm/pulsar/templates/bookkeeper-statefulset.yaml
index eb2597d237ab7..012eb4e6246f4 100644
--- a/deployment/kubernetes/helm/pulsar/templates/bookkeeper-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/deployment/kubernetes/helm/pulsar/templates/bookkeeper-statefulset.yaml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ spec:
         - >
           bin/apply-config-from-env.py conf/bookkeeper.conf &&
           bin/apply-config-from-env.py conf/pulsar_env.sh &&
+          bin/apply-config-from-env.py conf/bkenv.sh &&
           bin/pulsar bookie
         ports:
         - name: client
diff --git a/deployment/kubernetes/helm/pulsar/values.yaml b/deployment/kubernetes/helm/pulsar/values.yaml
index 2343fd6f347b1..9977cab4c1565 100644
--- a/deployment/kubernetes/helm/pulsar/values.yaml
+++ b/deployment/kubernetes/helm/pulsar/values.yaml
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ bookkeeper:
   ## templates/bookkeeper-configmap.yaml
   ##
   configData:
-    PULSAR_MEM: "\"-Xms15g -Xmx15g -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=15g -Dio.netty.leakDetectionLevel=disabled -Dio.netty.recycler.linkCapacity=1024 -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=10 -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+DoEscapeAnalysis -XX:ParallelGCThreads=32 -XX:ConcGCThreads=32 -XX:G1NewSizePercent=50 -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:-ResizePLAB -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+PerfDisableSharedMem -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime -XX:+PrintHeapAtGC -verbosegc -XX:G1LogLevel=finest\""
+    BOOKIE_MEM: "\"-Xms15g -Xmx15g -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=15g -Dio.netty.leakDetectionLevel=disabled -Dio.netty.recycler.linkCapacity=1024 -XX:+ParallelRefProcEnabled -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+DoEscapeAnalysis -XX:ParallelGCThreads=32 -XX:ConcGCThreads=32 -XX:G1NewSizePercent=50 -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:-ResizePLAB -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:+PerfDisableSharedMem -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime -XX:+PrintHeapAtGC -verbosegc -XX:G1LogLevel=finest\""
+    BOOKIE_GC: "\"-XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=10\""
     PULSAR_PREFIX_dbStorage_writeCacheMaxSizeMb: "2048"
     PULSAR_PREFIX_dbStorage_readAheadCacheMaxSizeMb: "2048"
     PULSAR_PREFIX_dbStorage_rocksDB_blockCacheSize: "268435456"