diff --git a/versioned/storage/cassandra/src/main/java/org/projectnessie/versioned/storage/cassandra/ScyllaDBBackendTestFactory.java b/versioned/storage/cassandra/src/main/java/org/projectnessie/versioned/storage/cassandra/ScyllaDBBackendTestFactory.java
index ef1343a3f10..6f2fc97f696 100644
--- a/versioned/storage/cassandra/src/main/java/org/projectnessie/versioned/storage/cassandra/ScyllaDBBackendTestFactory.java
+++ b/versioned/storage/cassandra/src/main/java/org/projectnessie/versioned/storage/cassandra/ScyllaDBBackendTestFactory.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public ScyllaDBBackendTestFactory() {
             "--skip-wait-for-gossip-to-settle",
             "1",
             "--memory",
-            format("%dG", min(8, max(getRuntime().availableProcessors(), 2))),
+            format("%dG", min(4, max(getRuntime().availableProcessors(), 2))),
             "--overprovisioned",
             "1"));
   }