diff --git a/.devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer.json
index 78eaecc4..bba425fb 100644
--- a/.devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     },
     "hostRequirements": {
         "cpus": 8,
-        "memory": "32gb"
+        "memory": "16gb"
     },
     "postCreateCommand": "cd e2e/provision/; ./install_sandbox.sh | tee ~/install_sandbox.log",
     "forwardPorts": [7007, 3000]
diff --git a/e2e/provision/Vagrantfile b/e2e/provision/Vagrantfile
index b5af4d01..2d76e9e7 100644
--- a/e2e/provision/Vagrantfile
+++ b/e2e/provision/Vagrantfile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|
   %i[virtualbox libvirt].each do |provider|
     config.vm.provider provider do |p|
       p.cpus = ENV['CPUS'] || 8
-      p.memory = ENV['MEMORY'] || 32 * 1024
+      p.memory = ENV['MEMORY'] || 16 * 1024
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/e2e/provision/nephio.yaml b/e2e/provision/nephio.yaml
index 826f7337..ec0284a3 100644
--- a/e2e/provision/nephio.yaml
+++ b/e2e/provision/nephio.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ all:
     host_os: "linux"  # use "darwin" for MacOS X, "windows" for Windows
     host_arch: "amd64"  # other possible values: "386","arm64","arm","ppc64le","s390x"
     host_min_vcpu: 8 # minimum required vCPUs before install
-    host_min_cpu_ram: 16  # minimum required CPU RAM before install; value in GB
+    host_min_cpu_ram: 8  # minimum required CPU RAM before install; value in GB
     host_min_root_disk_space: 50 # minimum required disk space before install; value in GB
     tmp_directory: "/tmp"
     bin_directory: "/usr/local/bin"
diff --git a/e2e/provision/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/defaults/main.yml b/e2e/provision/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/defaults/main.yml
index 318911b7..679c6d2d 100644
--- a/e2e/provision/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/e2e/provision/playbooks/roles/bootstrap/defaults/main.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ##############################################################################
 
 host_min_vcpu: 8  # minimum required vCPUs before install
-host_min_cpu_ram: 16  # minimum required CPU RAM before install; value in GB
+host_min_cpu_ram: 8  # minimum required CPU RAM before install; value in GB
 host_min_root_disk_space: 50  # minimum required disk space before install; value in GB
 
 container_engine: docker