diff --git a/app/models/gcp/cluster.rb b/app/models/gcp/cluster.rb
index 162a690c0e3..f7842376e2e 100644
--- a/app/models/gcp/cluster.rb
+++ b/app/models/gcp/cluster.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Gcp
 
     default_value_for :gcp_cluster_zone, 'us-central1-a'
     default_value_for :gcp_cluster_size, 3
-    default_value_for :gcp_machine_type, 'n1-standard-4'
+    default_value_for :gcp_machine_type, 'n1-standard-2'
 
     attr_encrypted :password,
       mode: :per_attribute_iv,
diff --git a/app/views/projects/clusters/_form.html.haml b/app/views/projects/clusters/_form.html.haml
index 371cdb1e403..dc878fa188d 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/clusters/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/clusters/_form.html.haml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         .form-group
           = field.label :gcp_machine_type, s_('ClusterIntegration|Machine type')
           = link_to(s_('ClusterIntegration|See machine types'), 'https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-types', target: '_blank', rel: 'noopener noreferrer')
-          = field.text_field :gcp_machine_type, class: 'form-control', placeholder: 'n1-standard-4'
+          = field.text_field :gcp_machine_type, class: 'form-control', placeholder: 'n1-standard-2'
 
           .form-group
           = field.label :project_namespace, s_('ClusterIntegration|Project namespace (optional, unique)')
diff --git a/spec/factories/gcp/cluster.rb b/spec/factories/gcp/cluster.rb
index 630e40da888..61a4b01bb6b 100644
--- a/spec/factories/gcp/cluster.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/gcp/cluster.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
     gcp_cluster_name 'test-cluster'
     gcp_cluster_zone 'us-central1-a'
     gcp_cluster_size 1
-    gcp_machine_type 'n1-standard-4'
+    gcp_machine_type 'n1-standard-2'
 
     trait :with_kubernetes_service do
       after(:create) do |cluster, evaluator|
diff --git a/spec/lib/google_api/cloud_platform/client_spec.rb b/spec/lib/google_api/cloud_platform/client_spec.rb
index acc5bd1da35..fac23dce44d 100644
--- a/spec/lib/google_api/cloud_platform/client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/google_api/cloud_platform/client_spec.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe GoogleApi::CloudPlatform::Client do
 
     let(:cluster_name) { 'test-cluster' }
     let(:cluster_size) { 1 }
-    let(:machine_type) { 'n1-standard-4' }
+    let(:machine_type) { 'n1-standard-2' }
     let(:operation) { double }
 
     before do
diff --git a/spec/models/gcp/cluster_spec.rb b/spec/models/gcp/cluster_spec.rb
index 8f39fff6394..13811d67ba0 100644
--- a/spec/models/gcp/cluster_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/gcp/cluster_spec.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe Gcp::Cluster do
 
     it { expect(cluster.gcp_cluster_zone).to eq('us-central1-a') }
     it { expect(cluster.gcp_cluster_size).to eq(3) }
-    it { expect(cluster.gcp_machine_type).to eq('n1-standard-4') }
+    it { expect(cluster.gcp_machine_type).to eq('n1-standard-2') }
   end
 
   describe '#validates' do