diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f37df739672..0d9b174129f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ commands:
       machine_type:
         description: "GKE cluster machine type"
         type: string
-        default: "n1-standard-4"
+        default: "n1-standard-8"
       disk_size:
         description: "GKE cluster disk size"
         type: integer
diff --git a/tests/standalone_tests/shards/gke_cpu/pod.yaml b/tests/standalone_tests/shards/gke_cpu/pod.yaml
index 4f15ddf5c75..57ba5259abb 100644
--- a/tests/standalone_tests/shards/gke_cpu/pod.yaml
+++ b/tests/standalone_tests/shards/gke_cpu/pod.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ spec:
 #      command: ["tail", "-f", "/dev/null"]
       resources:
         limits:
-          cpu: 1.999
+          cpu: 3.999
         requests:
-          cpu: 1.0
+          cpu: 3.5
diff --git a/tests/standalone_tests/shards/gke_gpu/pod.yaml b/tests/standalone_tests/shards/gke_gpu/pod.yaml
index 4eb1ba23b1f..939c5faadf7 100644
--- a/tests/standalone_tests/shards/gke_gpu/pod.yaml
+++ b/tests/standalone_tests/shards/gke_gpu/pod.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ spec:
       # do not restart the container if it exits
       resources:
         limits:
-          cpu: 1.999
+          cpu: 3.999
           nvidia.com/gpu: 2
         requests:
-          cpu: 1.5
+          cpu: 3.5
   #    ports:
   #    - containerPort: 80