diff --git a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml
index fc4f27d61..e689cf16c 100644
--- a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml
+++ b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ spec:
           name: http
         resources:
           requests:
-            cpu: "100m"
-            memory: "512Mi"
+            cpu: "500m"
+            memory: "1Gi"
+          limits:
+            cpu: "1000m"
+            memory: "1Gi"
         args: [ENVIRONMENT]
         env:
         - name: POD_ID
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ spec:
         name: cpu
         target:
           type: Utilization
-          averageUtilization: 100
+          averageUtilization: 80
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
diff --git a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-console.yaml b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-console.yaml
index 1e3eda3eb..5d9f43e72 100644
--- a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-console.yaml
+++ b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-console.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ spec:
             # class from performance, which has implicit pod-slots 1
             cloud.google.com/pod-slots: 0
             cpu: "500m"
-            memory: "2Gi"
+            memory: "1Gi"
         args: [ENVIRONMENT]
         env:
         - name: POD_ID
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ spec:
         name: cpu
         target:
           type: Utilization
-          averageUtilization: 100
+          averageUtilization: 80
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
diff --git a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml
index 636bcfda8..6fd177b41 100644
--- a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml
+++ b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ spec:
           name: http
         resources:
           requests:
-            cpu: "100m"
+            cpu: "1000m"
             memory: "1Gi"
+          limits:
+            cpu: "1000m"
+            memory: "2Gi"
         args: [ENVIRONMENT]
         env:
         - name: POD_ID
@@ -50,7 +53,10 @@ spec:
           name: epp
         resources:
           requests:
-            cpu: "100m"
+            cpu: "1000m"
+            memory: "512Mi"
+          limits:
+            cpu: "1000m"
             memory: "512Mi"
         args: [--env, PROXY_ENV, --log, --local]
         env:
@@ -85,12 +91,12 @@ spec:
   minReplicas: 5
   maxReplicas: 20
   metrics:
-    - type: Resource
-      resource:
-        name: cpu
-        target:
-          type: Utilization
-          averageUtilization: 100
+  - type: Resource
+    resource:
+      name: cpu
+      target:
+        type: Utilization
+        averageUtilization: 80
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
diff --git a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-pubapi.yaml b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-pubapi.yaml
index 0c4839e27..b2fb8515a 100644
--- a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-pubapi.yaml
+++ b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-pubapi.yaml
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ spec:
             # explicit pod-slots 0 is required in order to downgrade node 
             # class from performance, which has implicit pod-slots 1
             cloud.google.com/pod-slots: 0
-            cpu: "100m"
+            cpu: "500m"
             memory: "1Gi"
           limits:
             # explicit pod-slots 0 is required in order to downgrade node 
             # class from performance, which has implicit pod-slots 1
             cloud.google.com/pod-slots: 0
-            cpu: "500m"
+            cpu: "1000m"
             memory: "2Gi"
         args: [ENVIRONMENT]
         env:
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ spec:
       name: cpu
       target:
         type: Utilization
-        averageUtilization: 100
+        averageUtilization: 80
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service