diff --git a/cloudbuild.yaml b/cloudbuild.yaml
index cb3b918f4..8d2f51943 100644
--- a/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 timeout: 5000s
 options:
   substitution_option: ALLOW_LOOSE
+  machineType: 'N1_HIGHCPU_8'
 steps:
   - name: "gcr.io/k8s-staging-test-infra/gcb-docker-gcloud:v20230206-8160eea68e"
     entrypoint: bash