diff --git a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/configs/ci.yaml b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/configs/ci.yaml
index 5ad2b7cd989..10eb7459a71 100644
--- a/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/configs/ci.yaml
+++ b/share/spack/gitlab/cloud_pipelines/configs/ci.yaml
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ ci:
         CI_OIDC_REQUIRED: 0
         GIT_STRATEGY: "none"
         CI_JOB_SIZE: "small"
-        KUBERNETES_CPU_REQUEST: "500m"
-        KUBERNETES_MEMORY_REQUEST: "500M"
+        KUBERNETES_CPU_REQUEST: "100m"
+        KUBERNETES_MEMORY_REQUEST: "5M"
       before_script:: []
       after_script:: []