diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-operator/cluster-api-operator-presubmits-main.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-operator/cluster-api-operator-presubmits-main.yaml
index 5fd982e5cb16c..3b218d8ecb2b0 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-operator/cluster-api-operator-presubmits-main.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-operator/cluster-api-operator-presubmits-main.yaml
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ presubmits:
           privileged: true
         resources:
           requests:
-            cpu: "1"
-            memory: "4Gi"
+            cpu: "4"
+            memory: "8Gi"
           limits:
-            cpu: "1"
-            memory: "4Gi"
+            cpu: "4"
+            memory: "8Gi"
     annotations:
       testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-operator
       testgrid-tab-name: capi-operator-pr-make-main
diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-operator/cluster-api-operator-presubmits-release-0-3.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-operator/cluster-api-operator-presubmits-release-0-3.yaml
index 8bd6943c30120..247cf9c9dc6ba 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-operator/cluster-api-operator-presubmits-release-0-3.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-operator/cluster-api-operator-presubmits-release-0-3.yaml
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ presubmits:
           privileged: true
         resources:
           requests:
-            cpu: "1"
-            memory: "4Gi"
+            cpu: "4"
+            memory: "8Gi"
           limits:
-            cpu: "1"
-            memory: "4Gi"
+            cpu: "4"
+            memory: "8Gi"
     annotations:
       testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-operator-0.3
       testgrid-tab-name: capi-operator-pr-make-release-0-3