diff --git a/charts/tidepool/Chart.yaml b/charts/tidepool/Chart.yaml
index c87533ec..635c6ff0 100644
--- a/charts/tidepool/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/tidepool/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 description: A Helm chart for Tidepool
 name: tidepool
-version: 0.24.5
+version: 0.24.6
 maintainers:
   - name: Todd Kazakov
     email: todd@tidepool.org
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ home: https://github.com/tidepool-org/development/charts
 dependencies:
   - name: keycloak
     version: 0.4.7
-    repository: 'file://../keycloak'
+    repository: "file://../keycloak"
     condition: keycloak.enabled
diff --git a/charts/tidepool/charts/kafka/templates/1-kafka-connect-mongo-cluster.yaml b/charts/tidepool/charts/kafka/templates/1-kafka-connect-mongo-cluster.yaml
index 78f9f56b..4ecb7637 100644
--- a/charts/tidepool/charts/kafka/templates/1-kafka-connect-mongo-cluster.yaml
+++ b/charts/tidepool/charts/kafka/templates/1-kafka-connect-mongo-cluster.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ spec:
   replicas: {{ .Values.global.kafka.connect.replicas | int }}
   resources:
     {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 10 }}
+{{- with .Values.jvmOptions }}
+  jvmOptions:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+{{- end }}
 {{ if .Values.global.kafka.connect.tlsEnabled }}
   tls:
     trustedCertificates: []
diff --git a/charts/tidepool/charts/kafka/values.yaml b/charts/tidepool/charts/kafka/values.yaml
index 4916a51a..e1fc83b7 100644
--- a/charts/tidepool/charts/kafka/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/tidepool/charts/kafka/values.yaml
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ resources:
     memory: "600Mi"
   limits:
     memory: "2Gi"
+# -- optional JVM heap sizing passed through to KafkaConnect.spec.jvmOptions.
+# Leave unset to use Strimzi's dynamic heap calculation (75% of the cgroup
+# memory limit). Override (e.g. via tiltronic-values-local.yaml) on hosts
+# where Strimzi's cgroup detection fails and the dynamic calc overshoots.
+jvmOptions: {}
 secret:
   enabled: false
 podMonitor: