diff --git a/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/config_parser.py b/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/config_parser.py
index c13b8304ead3bd..25f4613d17078a 100644
--- a/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/config_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/pylib/twister/twisterlib/config_parser.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class TwisterConfigParser:
                        "skip": {"type": "bool", "default": False},
                        "slow": {"type": "bool", "default": False},
                        "timeout": {"type": "int", "default": 60},
-                       "min_ram": {"type": "int", "default": 8},
+                       "min_ram": {"type": "int", "default": 16},
                        "modules": {"type": "list", "default": []},
                        "depends_on": {"type": "set"},
                        "min_flash": {"type": "int", "default": 32},