diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/files/default-config.yaml b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/files/default-config.yaml
index c618cf10a..03828e34a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/files/default-config.yaml
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/files/default-config.yaml
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ hibernate:
   # The fetch size is the number of entities retrieved at a time from the
   # database cursor. Here we set a small default geared toward Nomulus server
   # transactions. Large queries can override the defaults on a per-query basis.
-  jdbcFetchSize: 20
+  jdbcFetchSize: 40
 
 cloudSql:
   # jdbc url for the Cloud SQL database.
diff --git a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml
index e689cf16c..303e8335a 100644
--- a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml
+++ b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ spec:
             memory: "1Gi"
           limits:
             cpu: "1000m"
-            memory: "1Gi"
+            memory: "1.5Gi"
         args: [ENVIRONMENT]
         env:
         - name: POD_ID
diff --git a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml
index 6fd177b41..254be2459 100644
--- a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml
+++ b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
           name: http
         resources:
           requests:
-            cpu: "1000m"
+            cpu: "600m"
             memory: "1Gi"
           limits:
             cpu: "1000m"
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ spec:
           name: epp
         resources:
           requests:
-            cpu: "1000m"
+            cpu: "600m"
             memory: "512Mi"
           limits:
             cpu: "1000m"
-            memory: "512Mi"
+            memory: "1Gi"
         args: [--env, PROXY_ENV, --log, --local]
         env:
         - name: POD_ID
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ spec:
     apiVersion: apps/v1
     kind: Deployment
     name: frontend
-  minReplicas: 5
-  maxReplicas: 20
+  minReplicas: 8
+  maxReplicas: 16
   metrics:
   - type: Resource
     resource:
diff --git a/proxy/kubernetes/proxy-service.yaml b/proxy/kubernetes/proxy-service.yaml
index 4d8b6307c..727995695 100644
--- a/proxy/kubernetes/proxy-service.yaml
+++ b/proxy/kubernetes/proxy-service.yaml
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ spec:
       name: cpu
       target:
         type: Utilization
-        averageUtilization: 100
+        averageUtilization: 80