diff --git a/testing/benchmark/system-profiles/1GBx1zone.tfvars b/testing/benchmark/system-profiles/1GBx1zone.tfvars
index 5cb8c87239e..71cf2677f49 100644
--- a/testing/benchmark/system-profiles/1GBx1zone.tfvars
+++ b/testing/benchmark/system-profiles/1GBx1zone.tfvars
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ worker_instance_type = "c6i.large"
 
 apm_server_zone_count = 1
 elasticsearch_size = "256g"
-elasticsearch_zone_count = 3
+elasticsearch_zone_count = 2
 apm_server_size = "1g"
 
 # Standalone
diff --git a/testing/benchmark/system-profiles/8GBx1zone.tfvars b/testing/benchmark/system-profiles/8GBx1zone.tfvars
index b3b42e74409..323355c9931 100644
--- a/testing/benchmark/system-profiles/8GBx1zone.tfvars
+++ b/testing/benchmark/system-profiles/8GBx1zone.tfvars
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@ user_name = "USER"
 
 # APM bench
 
-worker_instance_type = "c6i.xlarge"
+stack_version = "8.16.0-SNAPSHOT"
+ess_region = "gcp-us-west2"
+deployment_template = "gcp-cpu-optimized"
+worker_instance_type = "c6i.large"
 
 # Elastic Cloud
 
-# The number of AZs the APM Server should span.
 apm_server_zone_count = 1
-# The Elasticsearch cluster node size.
-elasticsearch_size = "64g"
-# The number of AZs the Elasticsearch cluster should have.
-elasticsearch_zone_count = 2
-# APM server instance size
+elasticsearch_size = "256g"
+elasticsearch_zone_count = 3
 apm_server_size = "8g"
 
 # Standalone