diff --git a/test/e2e/config/proxmox-ci.yaml b/test/e2e/config/proxmox-ci.yaml
index a9cd03a6..93a319e4 100644
--- a/test/e2e/config/proxmox-ci.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/config/proxmox-ci.yaml
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ variables:
   ALLOWED_NODES: "${ALLOWED_NODES:-[pve,pve-2,pve-3]}"
   BRIDGE: "${BRIDGE:-vmbr1}"
   NUM_SOCKETS: "${NUM_SOCKETS:-2}"
-  NUM_CORES: "${NUM_CORES:-4}"
-  MEMORY_MIB: "${MEMORY_MIB:-8096}"
+  NUM_CORES: "${NUM_CORES:-2}"
+  MEMORY_MIB: "${MEMORY_MIB:-4096}"
   BOOT_VOLUME_SIZE: "${BOOT_VOLUME_SIZE:-40}"
   CAPMOX_LOGLEVEL: "${CAPMOX_LOGLEVEL:-4}"
   BOOT_VOLUME_DEVICE: "${BOOT_VOLUME_DEVICE:-scsi0}"