diff --git a/.env b/.env
index e43601dcdb9..a6c4865a322 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ SENTRY_BIND=9000
 # SENTRY_MAIL_HOST=example.com
 # Parallel taskworker processes (higher values increase memory usage; >32 not recommended)
 SENTRY_TASKWORKER_CONCURRENCY=4
+# Respawn the snuba-api worker once it exceeds this resident memory (MiB).
+# Leave empty to disable the cap and let the worker grow unbounded.
+SNUBA_API_WORKERS_MAX_RSS=1024
+# Respawn the snuba-api worker after this many seconds, regardless of memory.
+SNUBA_API_WORKERS_LIFETIME=86400
 SENTRY_IMAGE=ghcr.io/getsentry/sentry:nightly
 SNUBA_IMAGE=ghcr.io/getsentry/snuba:nightly
 RELAY_IMAGE=ghcr.io/getsentry/relay:nightly
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index bbb98256d9b..948bd8d96c8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -113,8 +113,11 @@ x-snuba-defaults: &snuba_defaults
     CLICKHOUSE_HOST: clickhouse
     DEFAULT_BROKERS: "kafka:9092"
     REDIS_HOST: redis
-    UWSGI_MAX_REQUESTS: "10000"
-    UWSGI_DISABLE_LOGGING: "true"
+    # Snuba serves the API with Granian, which leaves worker recycling off
+    # unless these are set. Leaving the values empty passes through whatever
+    # is set on the host system (or in the .env file).
+    SNUBA_API_WORKERS_MAX_RSS:
+    SNUBA_API_WORKERS_LIFETIME:
     SENTRY_KAFKA_MAX_POLL_INTERVAL_MS:
     # Leaving the value empty to just pass whatever is set
     # on the host system (or in the .env file)