diff --git a/gen3/bin/kube-setup-aws-es-proxy.sh b/gen3/bin/kube-setup-aws-es-proxy.sh
index f13a4d411..986c5bf05 100644
--- a/gen3/bin/kube-setup-aws-es-proxy.sh
+++ b/gen3/bin/kube-setup-aws-es-proxy.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ if g3kubectl get secrets/aws-es-proxy > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     if ES_ENDPOINT="$(aws es describe-elasticsearch-domains --domain-names ${envname}-gen3-metadata-2 --query "DomainStatusList[*].Endpoints" --output text)" \
         && [[ -n "${ES_ENDPOINT}" && -n "${envname}" ]]; then
       gen3 roll aws-es-proxy GEN3_ES_ENDPOINT "${ES_ENDPOINT}"
+           g3kubectl apply -f "${GEN3_HOME}/kube/services/aws-es-proxy/aws-es-proxy-priority-class.yaml" 
       g3kubectl apply -f "${GEN3_HOME}/kube/services/aws-es-proxy/aws-es-proxy-service.yaml"
       gen3_log_info "kube-setup-aws-es-proxy" "The aws-es-proxy service has been deployed onto the k8s cluster."
     else
diff --git a/kube/services/aws-es-proxy/aws-es-proxy-deploy.yaml b/kube/services/aws-es-proxy/aws-es-proxy-deploy.yaml
index ad74fc25b..34f18d973 100644
--- a/kube/services/aws-es-proxy/aws-es-proxy-deploy.yaml
+++ b/kube/services/aws-es-proxy/aws-es-proxy-deploy.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ spec:
         - name: credentials
           secret:
             secretName: "aws-es-proxy"
+      priorityClassName: aws-es-proxy-high-priority
       containers:
       - name: esproxy
         GEN3_AWS-ES-PROXY_IMAGE|-image: quay.io/cdis/aws-es-proxy:0.8-|
diff --git a/kube/services/aws-es-proxy/aws-es-proxy-priority-class.yaml b/kube/services/aws-es-proxy/aws-es-proxy-priority-class.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bd619a22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kube/services/aws-es-proxy/aws-es-proxy-priority-class.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: scheduling.k8s.io/v1
+kind: PriorityClass
+metadata:
+  name: aws-es-proxy-high-priority
+value: 1000000
+globalDefault: false
+description: "Priority class for aws-es-proxy service"
diff --git a/kube/services/jobs/etl-cronjob.yaml b/kube/services/jobs/etl-cronjob.yaml
index 95b423deb..3c3828dac 100644
--- a/kube/services/jobs/etl-cronjob.yaml
+++ b/kube/services/jobs/etl-cronjob.yaml
@@ -95,8 +95,10 @@ spec:
                 subPath: user.yaml
               resources:
                 limits:
-                  cpu: 1
+                  cpu: 2
                   memory: 10Gi
+                requests:
+                  cpu: 2
               command: ["/bin/bash"]
               args:
                 - "-c"
diff --git a/kube/services/jobs/etl-job.yaml b/kube/services/jobs/etl-job.yaml
index 6b9b887ec..266b0410c 100644
--- a/kube/services/jobs/etl-job.yaml
+++ b/kube/services/jobs/etl-job.yaml
@@ -91,8 +91,10 @@ spec:
             subPath: user.yaml
         resources:
           limits:
-            cpu: 1
+            cpu: 2
             memory: 10Gi
+          requests:
+            cpu: 2
         command: ["/bin/bash" ]
         args:
           - "-c"