diff --git a/cloudconfig/aws/base_ops_template.go b/cloudconfig/aws/base_ops_template.go
index de44564ce..b765892ed 100644
--- a/cloudconfig/aws/base_ops_template.go
+++ b/cloudconfig/aws/base_ops_template.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const (
 	BaseOps = `
 - type: replace
   path: /compilation/vm_type
-  value: c5a.large
+  value: c5a.xlarge
 
 - type: replace
   path: /disk_types/name=default/cloud_properties?
diff --git a/cloudconfig/aws/fixtures/aws-ops.yml b/cloudconfig/aws/fixtures/aws-ops.yml
index dec4ae25e..dfbec22db 100644
--- a/cloudconfig/aws/fixtures/aws-ops.yml
+++ b/cloudconfig/aws/fixtures/aws-ops.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - type: replace
   path: /compilation/vm_type
-  value: c5a.large
+  value: c5a.xlarge
 
 - type: replace
   path: /disk_types/name=default/cloud_properties?
diff --git a/cloudconfig/azure/base_ops_template.go b/cloudconfig/azure/base_ops_template.go
index e9e7cf703..9f8537a7e 100644
--- a/cloudconfig/azure/base_ops_template.go
+++ b/cloudconfig/azure/base_ops_template.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const (
 	BaseOps = `
 - type: replace
   path: /compilation/vm_type
-  value: small
+  value: small-highmem
 
 - type: replace
   path: /azs/-
diff --git a/cloudconfig/azure/fixtures/azure-ops.yml b/cloudconfig/azure/fixtures/azure-ops.yml
index 9d20f254b..0d78ef51e 100644
--- a/cloudconfig/azure/fixtures/azure-ops.yml
+++ b/cloudconfig/azure/fixtures/azure-ops.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - type: replace
   path: /compilation/vm_type
-  value: small
+  value: Standard_F4s_v2
 
 - type: replace
   path: /azs/-
diff --git a/cloudconfig/openstack/base_ops_template.go b/cloudconfig/openstack/base_ops_template.go
index 0cadc14c6..7dda19538 100644
--- a/cloudconfig/openstack/base_ops_template.go
+++ b/cloudconfig/openstack/base_ops_template.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const (
     workers: 5
     reuse_compilation_vms: true
     az: z1
-    vm_type: default
+    vm_type: large
     network: default
 
 - type: replace