diff --git a/tests/proxmox/create-vm.sh b/tests/proxmox/create-vm.sh
index f00767b..6718484 100755
--- a/tests/proxmox/create-vm.sh
+++ b/tests/proxmox/create-vm.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ VMID="${VMID:-900}"
 VM_NAME="${VM_NAME:-darkforge-test}"
 STORAGE="${STORAGE:-local-lvm}"
 DISK_SIZE="${DISK_SIZE:-100G}"
-RAM="${RAM:-16384}"       # 16GB
-CORES="${CORES:-8}"
+RAM="${RAM:-28672}"       # 16GB
+CORES="${CORES:-18}"
 BRIDGE="${BRIDGE:-vmbr0}"
 
 # Arch Linux cloud image