diff --git a/internal/controller/testrun_controller.go b/internal/controller/testrun_controller.go
index e88fd3b6..d9946b0a 100644
--- a/internal/controller/testrun_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/testrun_controller.go
@@ -561,11 +561,11 @@ func (r TestRunReconciler) suiteRunnerJob(testrun *etosv1alpha1.TestRun) *batchv
 							Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
 								Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
 									corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("64Mi"),
-									corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("250m"),
+									corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("50m"),
 								},
 								Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
 									corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("32Mi"),
-									corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("100m"),
+									corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("25m"),
 								},
 							},
 							VolumeMounts: []corev1.VolumeMount{
@@ -583,11 +583,11 @@ func (r TestRunReconciler) suiteRunnerJob(testrun *etosv1alpha1.TestRun) *batchv
 							Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
 								Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
 									corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("256Mi"),
-									corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("250m"),
+									corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("50m"),
 								},
 								Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
 									corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("128Mi"),
-									corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("100m"),
+									corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("25m"),
 								},
 							},
 							EnvFrom: []corev1.EnvFromSource{
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ func (r TestRunReconciler) suiteRunnerJob(testrun *etosv1alpha1.TestRun) *batchv
 							Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
 								Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
 									corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("256Mi"),
-									corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("250m"),
+									corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("200m"),
 								},
 								Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
 									corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("128Mi"),
@@ -683,11 +683,11 @@ func (r TestRunReconciler) suiteRunnerJob(testrun *etosv1alpha1.TestRun) *batchv
 							Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
 								Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
 									corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("256Mi"),
-									corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("250m"),
+									corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("50m"),
 								},
 								Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
 									corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("128Mi"),
-									corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("100m"),
+									corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("25m"),
 								},
 							},
 							EnvFrom: []corev1.EnvFromSource{
diff --git a/internal/etos/suitestarter/suitestarter.go b/internal/etos/suitestarter/suitestarter.go
index 0b87f7cc..420a620a 100644
--- a/internal/etos/suitestarter/suitestarter.go
+++ b/internal/etos/suitestarter/suitestarter.go
@@ -604,10 +604,10 @@ func (r *ETOSSuiteStarterDeployment) suiteRunnerTemplate(templateName types.Name
               resources:
                 requests:
                   memory: "32Mi"
-                  cpu: "100m"
+                  cpu: "25m"
                 limits:
                   memory: "64Mi"
-                  cpu: "250m"
+                  cpu: "50m"
               volumeMounts:
               - mountPath: /kubexit
                 name: kubexit
@@ -617,10 +617,10 @@ func (r *ETOSSuiteStarterDeployment) suiteRunnerTemplate(templateName types.Name
               resources:
                 requests:
                   memory: "128Mi"
-                  cpu: "100m"
+                  cpu: "25m"
                 limits:
                   memory: "256Mi"
-                  cpu: "250m"
+                  cpu: "50m"
               envFrom:
               - secretRef:
                   name: {etos_configmap}
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ func (r *ETOSSuiteStarterDeployment) suiteRunnerTemplate(templateName types.Name
                   cpu: "100m"
                 limits:
                   memory: "300Mi"
-                  cpu: "250m"
+                  cpu: "200m"
               envFrom:
               - secretRef:
                   name: {etos_configmap}
@@ -674,10 +674,10 @@ func (r *ETOSSuiteStarterDeployment) suiteRunnerTemplate(templateName types.Name
               resources:
                 requests:
                   memory: "128Mi"
-                  cpu: "100m"
+                  cpu: "25m"
                 limits:
                   memory: "256Mi"
-                  cpu: "250m"
+                  cpu: "50m"
               envFrom:
               - secretRef:
                   name: {etos_configmap}