diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e128affc9..6391d597f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 ### Chore
 
+- [#6929](https://github.com/blockscout/blockscout/pull/6929) - Extend `INDEXER_MEMORY_LIMIT` env parsing
 - [#6902](https://github.com/blockscout/blockscout/pull/6902) - Increase verification timeout to 120 seconds for microservice verification
 
 <details>
diff --git a/config/runtime.exs b/config/runtime.exs
index 478d652968..cd785631fc 100644
--- a/config/runtime.exs
+++ b/config/runtime.exs
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ indexer_memory_limit_default = 1
 indexer_memory_limit =
   "INDEXER_MEMORY_LIMIT"
   |> System.get_env(to_string(indexer_memory_limit_default))
+  |> String.downcase()
   |> Integer.parse()
   |> case do
-    {integer, ""} -> integer
-    _ -> indexer_memory_limit_default
+    {integer, g} when g in ["g", "gb", ""] -> integer <<< 30
+    {integer, m} when m in ["m", "mb"] -> integer <<< 20
+    _ -> indexer_memory_limit_default <<< 30
   end
 
 config :indexer,
-  memory_limit: indexer_memory_limit <<< 30
+  memory_limit: indexer_memory_limit
 
 indexer_empty_blocks_sanitizer_batch_size_default = 100