diff --git a/dev/drivers/scripts/stats/global_det/jevs_global_det_atmos_gfs_grid2grid_stats.sh b/dev/drivers/scripts/stats/global_det/jevs_global_det_atmos_gfs_grid2grid_stats.sh
index 6ca32552b..96d9380e4 100755
--- a/dev/drivers/scripts/stats/global_det/jevs_global_det_atmos_gfs_grid2grid_stats.sh
+++ b/dev/drivers/scripts/stats/global_det/jevs_global_det_atmos_gfs_grid2grid_stats.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #PBS -q dev
 #PBS -A EVS-DEV
 #PBS -l walltime=01:00:00
-#PBS -l place=vscatter:exclhost,select=1:ncpus=128:ompthreads=1:mem=175GB
+#PBS -l place=vscatter:exclhost,select=1:ncpus=128:ompthreads=1:mem=225GB
 #PBS -l debug=true
 #PBS -V
 
diff --git a/ecf/scripts/stats/global_det/jevs_global_det_gfs_atmos_grid2grid_stats.ecf b/ecf/scripts/stats/global_det/jevs_global_det_gfs_atmos_grid2grid_stats.ecf
index 1937b6ae8..0e4d8714b 100755
--- a/ecf/scripts/stats/global_det/jevs_global_det_gfs_atmos_grid2grid_stats.ecf
+++ b/ecf/scripts/stats/global_det/jevs_global_det_gfs_atmos_grid2grid_stats.ecf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #PBS -q %QUEUE%
 #PBS -A %PROJ%-%PROJENVIR%
 #PBS -l walltime=00:55:00
-#PBS -l place=vscatter:exclhost,select=1:ncpus=128:ompthreads=1:mem=175GB
+#PBS -l place=vscatter:exclhost,select=1:ncpus=128:ompthreads=1:mem=225GB
 #PBS -l debug=true
 
 export model=evs