diff --git a/pipelines/shared-tasks/deploy-gke-cluster/task.sh b/pipelines/shared-tasks/deploy-gke-cluster/task.sh
index 5be721119..78157db98 100755
--- a/pipelines/shared-tasks/deploy-gke-cluster/task.sh
+++ b/pipelines/shared-tasks/deploy-gke-cluster/task.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ gcloud container clusters create "$CLUSTER_NAME" \
   "$region_or_zone_flag" \
   "$VERSION_FLAG" \
   --num-nodes 1 \
-  --machine-type e2-standard-8 \
+  --machine-type e2-standard-4 \
   --preemptible \
   --issue-client-certificate \
   --no-enable-basic-auth \