diff --git a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml
index 303e8335a..68ee8c94f 100644
--- a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml
+++ b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ spec:
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: nomulus
       nodeSelector:
-        cloud.google.com/compute-class: "Performance"
         cloud.google.com/machine-family: c4
       containers:
       - name: backend
@@ -25,9 +24,15 @@ spec:
           name: http
         resources:
           requests:
+            # 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"
             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: "1000m"
             memory: "1.5Gi"
         args: [ENVIRONMENT]
diff --git a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml
index 254be2459..648a90c42 100644
--- a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml
+++ b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ spec:
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: nomulus
       nodeSelector:
-        cloud.google.com/compute-class: "Performance"
         cloud.google.com/machine-family: c4
       containers:
       - name: frontend
@@ -25,9 +24,15 @@ spec:
           name: http
         resources:
           requests:
+            # 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: "600m"
             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: "1000m"
             memory: "2Gi"
         args: [ENVIRONMENT]
@@ -53,9 +58,15 @@ spec:
           name: epp
         resources:
           requests:
+            # 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: "600m"
             memory: "512Mi"
           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: "1000m"
             memory: "1Gi"
         args: [--env, PROXY_ENV, --log, --local]
diff --git a/proxy/deploy-proxy-for-env.sh b/proxy/deploy-proxy-for-env.sh
index 3eeca05d0..80bb659c5 100755
--- a/proxy/deploy-proxy-for-env.sh
+++ b/proxy/deploy-proxy-for-env.sh
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ do
   echo "Updating cluster ${parts[0]} in zone ${parts[1]}..."
   gcloud container clusters get-credentials "${parts[0]}" \
     --project "${project}" --zone "${parts[1]}"
+  kubectl apply -f "./kubernetes/proxy-limit-range.yaml" --force
   sed s/GCP_PROJECT/${project}/g "./kubernetes/proxy-deployment-${environment}.yaml" | \
   kubectl apply -f -
-  kubectl apply -f "./kubernetes/proxy-limit-range.yaml" --force
   kubectl apply -f "./kubernetes/proxy-service.yaml" --force
   # Alpha does not have canary
   if [[ ${environment} != "alpha" ]]; then
diff --git a/proxy/kubernetes/proxy-limit-range.yaml b/proxy/kubernetes/proxy-limit-range.yaml
index 9c01bf1cd..fdd4b3efb 100644
--- a/proxy/kubernetes/proxy-limit-range.yaml
+++ b/proxy/kubernetes/proxy-limit-range.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ spec:
   limits:
   - type: Container
     default:
-      cpu: "300m"
+      cpu: "600m"
       memory: "512Mi"
     defaultRequest:
-      cpu: "100m"
+      cpu: "400m"
       memory: "350Mi"