diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/db-koji01.iad2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/db-koji01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
index a326200e48..1d5b6b0f83 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/db-koji01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/db-koji01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ nrpe_procs_crit: 700
 
 # we backup the backup on db-koji01 until we can replace now
 db_backup_dir: ['/backups']
-shared_buffers: "15GB"
+shared_buffers: "32GB"
 effective_cache_size: "4GB"
 max_stack_depth: "6MB"