diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/cli/db_dump.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/cli/db_dump.py
index ec39207cee6..576520bc711 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/cli/db_dump.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/cli/db_dump.py
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ Database Dumping utility for the metadata CLI
 import json
 from functools import singledispatch
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Optional, Union
+from typing import Iterable, List, Optional, Union
 
 from sqlalchemy import inspect, text
-from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
+from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine, Row
 
 from metadata.utils.constants import UTF_8
 
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ def get_hash_column_name(engine: Engine, table_name: str) -> Optional[str]:
     return None
 
 
+def run_query_iter(engine: Engine, query: str) -> Iterable[Row]:
+    """Return a generator of rows, one row at a time, with a limit of 100 in-mem rows"""
+
+    for row in engine.execute(text(query)).yield_per(100):
+        yield row
+
+
 def dump_json(tables: List[str], engine: Engine, output: Path) -> None:
     """
     Dumps JSON data.
@@ -135,14 +142,10 @@ def dump_json(tables: List[str], engine: Engine, output: Path) -> None:
 
             hash_column_name = get_hash_column_name(engine=engine, table_name=table)
             if hash_column_name:
-                res = engine.execute(
-                    text(
-                        STATEMENT_HASH_JSON.format(
-                            table=table, hash_column_name=hash_column_name
-                        )
-                    )
-                ).all()
-                for row in res:
+                query = STATEMENT_HASH_JSON.format(
+                    table=table, hash_column_name=hash_column_name
+                )
+                for row in run_query_iter(engine=engine, query=query):
                     insert = f"INSERT INTO {table} (json, {hash_column_name}) VALUES ({clean_col(row.json, engine)}, {clean_col(row[1], engine)});\n"  # pylint: disable=line-too-long
                     file.write(insert)
             else:
@@ -161,8 +164,8 @@ def dump_all(tables: List[str], engine: Engine, output: Path) -> None:
             truncate = STATEMENT_TRUNCATE.format(table=table)
             file.write(truncate)
 
-            res = engine.execute(text(STATEMENT_ALL.format(table=table))).all()
-            for row in res:
+            query = STATEMENT_ALL.format(table=table)
+            for row in run_query_iter(engine=engine, query=query):
                 data = ",".join(clean_col(col, engine) for col in row)
 
                 insert = f"INSERT INTO {table} VALUES ({data});\n"
@@ -180,7 +183,7 @@ def dump_entity_custom(engine: Engine, output: Path, inspector) -> None:
 
             columns = inspector.get_columns(table_name=table)
 
-            statement = STATEMENT_ALL_NEW.format(
+            query = STATEMENT_ALL_NEW.format(
                 cols=",".join(
                     col["name"]
                     for col in columns
@@ -188,8 +191,7 @@ def dump_entity_custom(engine: Engine, output: Path, inspector) -> None:
                 ),
                 table=table,
             )
-            res = engine.execute(text(statement)).all()
-            for row in res:
+            for row in run_query_iter(engine=engine, query=query):
                 # Let's use .format here to not add more variables
                 # pylint: disable=consider-using-f-string
                 insert = "INSERT INTO {table} ({cols}) VALUES ({data});\n".format(