Let $G$ be a graph and $Γ$ a finite abelian group. The zero-sum Ramsey number of $G$ over $Γ$, denoted by $R(G, Γ)$, is the smallest positive integer $t$ (if it exists) such that any edge-colouring $c:E(K_t)\toΓ$ contains a copy of $G$ with $\sum_{e\in E(G)}c(e)=0_Γ$. We prove a linear upper bound $R(G, Γ)\leq Cn$ that holds for every $n$-vertex graph $G$ with bounded maximum degree and every finite abelian group $Γ$ with $|Γ|$ dividing $e(G)$.