diff --git a/.pipelines/cni/pipeline.yaml b/.pipelines/cni/pipeline.yaml
index 4bb5c278c6..53ddf1896f 100644
--- a/.pipelines/cni/pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.pipelines/cni/pipeline.yaml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ stages:
       clusterType: overlay-byocni-nokubeproxy-up
       clusterName: "cil-over-rdma"
       nodeCount: 2
-      vmSize: Standard_NC24r
+      vmSize: Standard_HC44-16rs
       arch: amd64
 
   - template: singletenancy/cniv1-template.yaml
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ stages:
       clusterType: overlay-byocni-up
       clusterName: "rdma-over"
       nodeCount: 2
-      vmSize: Standard_NC24r
+      vmSize: Standard_HC44-16rs
       arch: amd64
 
   - stage: delete_resources