diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml
index b6e9a8b2ea46c..5518e1f8ed83c 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/on_merge.yml
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ steps:
       image: family/kibana-ubuntu-2004
       imageProject: elastic-images-prod
       provider: gcp
-      machineType: n2-standard-2
+      machineType: n2-standard-4
       preemptible: true
     timeout_in_minutes: 60
     retry:
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/pull_request/base.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/pull_request/base.yml
index 54840cb43c65f..fc3e2ce388bf5 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/pull_request/base.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/pull_request/base.yml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ steps:
   - command: .buildkite/scripts/steps/checks/capture_oas_snapshot.sh
     label: 'Check OAS Snapshot'
     agents:
-      machineType: n2-standard-2
+      machineType: n2-standard-4
       preemptible: true
     timeout_in_minutes: 60
     retry: