diff --git a/config/clusters/opensci/big-binder.values.yaml b/config/clusters/opensci/big-binder.values.yaml
index cf1c8fcfb..6d4069440 100644
--- a/config/clusters/opensci/big-binder.values.yaml
+++ b/config/clusters/opensci/big-binder.values.yaml
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ jupyterhub:
     cloudMetadata:
       blockWithIptables: false
     cpu:
-      limit: 0.25
+      limit: 4
     memory:
-      limit: 1G
-      guarantee: 256M
+      limit: 8G
+      guarantee: 8G
     storage:
       type: none
       extraVolumeMounts: []
diff --git a/config/clusters/opensci/small-binder.values.yaml b/config/clusters/opensci/small-binder.values.yaml
index 3a267352d..4f12a8ad4 100644
--- a/config/clusters/opensci/small-binder.values.yaml
+++ b/config/clusters/opensci/small-binder.values.yaml
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ jupyterhub:
       node.kubernetes.io/instance-type: r5.xlarge
       2i2c/hub-name: small-binder
     cpu:
-      limit: 2
+      limit: 1
     memory:
-      limit: 4G
+      limit: 2G
       guarantee: 2G
     storage:
       type: none