diff --git a/k8s/jobs/desire_test.go b/k8s/jobs/desire_test.go
index f0566724d..f99e42809 100644
--- a/k8s/jobs/desire_test.go
+++ b/k8s/jobs/desire_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Desire", func() {
 				OrgGUID:   "org-id",
 				GUID:      taskGUID,
 				MemoryMB:  1,
-				CPUWeight: 2,
+				CPUMillis: 2,
 				DiskMB:    3,
 			},
 		}
diff --git a/k8s/jobs/task_to_job.go b/k8s/jobs/task_to_job.go
index 0d4f84939..81bd529c0 100644
--- a/k8s/jobs/task_to_job.go
+++ b/k8s/jobs/task_to_job.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func (m *Converter) Convert(task *eiriniv1.Task, privateRegistrySecret *corev1.S
 				Requests: map[corev1.ResourceName]resource.Quantity{
 					corev1.ResourceMemory:           *resource.NewScaledQuantity(task.Spec.MemoryMB, resource.Mega),
 					corev1.ResourceEphemeralStorage: *resource.NewScaledQuantity(task.Spec.DiskMB, resource.Mega),
+					corev1.ResourceCPU:              *resource.NewScaledQuantity(task.Spec.CPUMillis, resource.Milli),
 				},
 			},
 			SecurityContext: k8s.ContainerSecurityContext(),
diff --git a/k8s/jobs/task_to_job_test.go b/k8s/jobs/task_to_job_test.go
index 2bdf4501f..d0aa9a848 100644
--- a/k8s/jobs/task_to_job_test.go
+++ b/k8s/jobs/task_to_job_test.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ var _ = Describe("TaskToJob", func() {
 					"my-env-var": "env",
 				},
 				MemoryMB:  1,
-				CPUWeight: 2,
+				CPUMillis: 2,
 				DiskMB:    3,
 			},
 		}
@@ -144,10 +144,11 @@ var _ = Describe("TaskToJob", func() {
 
 		By("setting limits and request", func() {
 			resources := job.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Resources
-			Expect(resources.Limits.Memory().ScaledValue(resource.Mega)).To(BeNumerically("==", 1))
-			Expect(resources.Requests.Memory().ScaledValue(resource.Mega)).To(BeNumerically("==", 1))
-			Expect(resources.Limits.StorageEphemeral().ScaledValue(resource.Mega)).To(BeNumerically("==", 3))
-			Expect(resources.Requests.StorageEphemeral().ScaledValue(resource.Mega)).To(BeNumerically("==", 3))
+			Expect(resources.Limits.Memory().ScaledValue(resource.Mega)).To(BeEquivalentTo(1))
+			Expect(resources.Requests.Memory().ScaledValue(resource.Mega)).To(BeEquivalentTo(1))
+			Expect(resources.Limits.StorageEphemeral().ScaledValue(resource.Mega)).To(BeEquivalentTo(3))
+			Expect(resources.Requests.StorageEphemeral().ScaledValue(resource.Mega)).To(BeEquivalentTo(3))
+			Expect(resources.Requests.Cpu().ScaledValue(resource.Milli)).To(BeEquivalentTo(2))
 		})
 
 		By("configuring pod security context", func() {
diff --git a/k8s/reconciler/task_test.go b/k8s/reconciler/task_test.go
index f4367e3d2..4aa2aa70d 100644
--- a/k8s/reconciler/task_test.go
+++ b/k8s/reconciler/task_test.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Task", func() {
 				SpaceGUID: "spacid",
 				MemoryMB:  768,
 				DiskMB:    512,
-				CPUWeight: 13,
+				CPUMillis: 13,
 			},
 		}
 		statusGetter.GetStatusConditionsReturns([]metav1.Condition{
diff --git a/pkg/apis/eirini/v1/task.go b/pkg/apis/eirini/v1/task.go
index c75f665b1..19cdb93b7 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/eirini/v1/task.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/eirini/v1/task.go
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ type TaskSpec struct {
 	SpaceGUID string   `json:"spaceGUID"`
 	MemoryMB  int64    `json:"memoryMB"`
 	DiskMB    int64    `json:"diskMB"`
-	// +kubebuilder:validation:Format:=uint8
-	CPUWeight uint8 `json:"cpuWeight"`
+	CPUMillis int64    `json:"cpuMillis"`
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object