diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/datagrepper b/inventory/group_vars/datagrepper
index 0606233b77..c1395a125a 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/datagrepper
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/datagrepper
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # Define resources for this group of hosts here. 
 lvm_size: 20000
-mem_size: 4096
+mem_size: 8192
 num_cpus: 2
 
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in