diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/anitya-backend b/inventory/group_vars/anitya-backend
index 6f0667b7cb..8bef0c6451 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/anitya-backend
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/anitya-backend
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # Define resources for this group of hosts here. 
 lvm_size: 20000
-mem_size: 2048
+mem_size: 8192
 num_cpus: 2
 
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in