diff --git a/changelog/fix-increase-docker-php-memory-limit b/changelog/fix-increase-docker-php-memory-limit
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..144e939723d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fix-increase-docker-php-memory-limit
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: fix
+Comment: Increased the PHP memory limit for the Docker container
+
+
diff --git a/docker/wc-payments-php.ini b/docker/wc-payments-php.ini
index a5614e7449b..664510331f5 100644
--- a/docker/wc-payments-php.ini
+++ b/docker/wc-payments-php.ini
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 upload_max_filesize = 20M
+memory_limit = 256M