diff --git a/kubernetes/cluster_create.sh b/kubernetes/cluster_create.sh
index 29bf399..e9f061b 100755
--- a/kubernetes/cluster_create.sh
+++ b/kubernetes/cluster_create.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ gcloud container node-pools create services --cluster $GCP_CLUSTER --zone $GCP_Z
 # as per instructions
 # https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/persistent-volumes/local-ssd
 gcloud container node-pools create jenkins-agents --cluster $GCP_CLUSTER --zone $GCP_ZONE \
-    --machine-type=n1-standard-16 --num-nodes=3 --local-ssd-count=1
+    --machine-type=n1-standard-32 --num-nodes=2 --local-ssd-count=1
 
 
 # create static IP address
diff --git a/kubernetes/jenkins.yaml b/kubernetes/jenkins.yaml
index d54b96a..9367d3f 100644
--- a/kubernetes/jenkins.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/jenkins.yaml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ metadata:
   name: agent-debian-testing-clang8-ssd
   namespace: jenkins
 spec:
-  replicas: 3
+  replicas: 2
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ spec:
         - containerPort: 22
         resources:
           limits:
-            cpu: 15
+            cpu: 30
             memory: 45Gi
           requests:
-            cpu: 15
+            cpu: 30
             memory: 45Gi
         volumeMounts:
         - name: nfs-pvc