diff --git a/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/Configuration.cs b/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/Configuration.cs
index 609293a3..09e072de 100644
--- a/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/Configuration.cs
+++ b/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/Configuration.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public abstract class UserAccessibleConfiguration
         public string SubscriptionId { get; set; }
         public string RegionName { get; set; }
         public string MainIdentifierPrefix { get; set; } = "coa";
-        public string VmSize { get; set; } = "Standard_D4s_v3";
+        public string VmSize { get; set; } = "Standard_B4ms";
         public string VnetAddressSpace { get; set; } = "10.1.0.0/16"; // 10.1.0.0 - 10.1.255.255, 65536 IPs
         // Address space for CoA services.
         public string VmSubnetAddressSpace { get; set; } = "10.1.0.0/24"; // 10.1.0.0 - 10.1.0.255, 256 IPs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public abstract class UserAccessibleConfiguration
         public string AksCoANamespace { get; set; } = "coa";
         public bool ManualHelmDeployment { get; set; }
         public string HelmBinaryPath { get; set; } = OperatingSystem.IsWindows() ? @"C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\helm.exe" : "/usr/local/bin/helm";
-        public int AksPoolSize { get; set; } = 2;
+        public int AksPoolSize { get; set; } = 1;
         public bool? CrossSubscriptionAKSDeployment { get; set; } = null;
         public bool Silent { get; set; }
         public bool DeleteResourceGroupOnFailure { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/Deployer.cs b/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/Deployer.cs
index 5a4291d3..f993103a 100644
--- a/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/Deployer.cs
+++ b/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/Deployer.cs
@@ -413,6 +413,18 @@ await Execute("Connecting to Azure Services...", async () =>
 
                         if (installedVersion is null || installedVersion < new Version(5, 5, 1))
                         {
+                            var pool = aksCluster.Data.AgentPoolProfiles.FirstOrDefault(pool => "nodepool1".Equals(pool.Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+
+                            if (pool.Count == 2 && pool.Count != configuration.AksPoolSize)
+                            {
+                                pool.Count = configuration.AksPoolSize;
+
+                                aksCluster = (await Execute("Updating AKS cluster...", async () =>
+                                    (await updateConflictRetryPolicy.ExecuteAsync(() =>
+                                        resourceGroup.GetContainerServiceManagedClusters().CreateOrUpdateAsync(
+                                            WaitUntil.Completed, aksCluster.Data.Name, aksCluster.Data, cts.Token))))).Value;
+                            }
+
                             var cromwellConfig = GetBlobClient(storageAccountData, ConfigurationContainerName, CromwellConfigurationFileName);
                             var configContent = await DownloadTextFromStorageAccountAsync(cromwellConfig, cts.Token);
 
diff --git a/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/scripts/helm/templates/cromwell-deployment.yaml b/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/scripts/helm/templates/cromwell-deployment.yaml
index 0faa349d..cf244709 100644
--- a/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/scripts/helm/templates/cromwell-deployment.yaml
+++ b/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/scripts/helm/templates/cromwell-deployment.yaml
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ spec:
             - containerPort: {{ .Values.service.cromwellPort }}
           resources:
             requests:
-              cpu: "1.0"
-              memory: "1024Mi"
+              cpu: "1"
+              memory: "1Gi"
             limits:
-              cpu: "8.0"
+              cpu: "4.0"
               memory: "4096Mi"
           securityContext:
             allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
diff --git a/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/scripts/helm/templates/tes-deployment.yaml b/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/scripts/helm/templates/tes-deployment.yaml
index 0a39d07e..d05ce388 100644
--- a/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/scripts/helm/templates/tes-deployment.yaml
+++ b/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/scripts/helm/templates/tes-deployment.yaml
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ spec:
             - containerPort: {{ .Values.service.tesPort }}
           resources:
             requests:
-              cpu: "1.5"
-              memory: "3072Mi"
+              cpu: "1.0"
+              memory: "1Gi"
             limits:
-              cpu: "8.0"
-              memory: "8192Mi"
+              cpu: "2.0"
+              memory: "4Gi"
           securityContext:
             allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
             capabilities:
diff --git a/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/scripts/helm/templates/triggerservice-deployment.yaml b/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/scripts/helm/templates/triggerservice-deployment.yaml
index 7eefcd03..9a2c0ae2 100644
--- a/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/scripts/helm/templates/triggerservice-deployment.yaml
+++ b/src/deploy-cromwell-on-azure/scripts/helm/templates/triggerservice-deployment.yaml
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ spec:
           name: triggerservice
           resources:
             requests:
-              cpu: "0.5"
+              cpu: "0.25"
               memory: "256Mi"
             limits:
-              cpu: "2.0"
+              cpu: "1.0"
               memory: "1024Mi"
           securityContext:
             allowPrivilegeEscalation: false