diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/pull-request/bwc-snapshots-windows.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/pull-request/bwc-snapshots-windows.yml
index d524543565ea6..d37bdf380f926 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/pull-request/bwc-snapshots-windows.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/pull-request/bwc-snapshots-windows.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ steps:
         agents:
           provider: gcp
           image: family/elasticsearch-windows-2022
-          machineType: n1-standard-32
+          machineType: custom-32-98304
           diskType: pd-ssd
           diskSizeGb: 350