diff --git a/basis/src/terraform/variable.tf b/basis/src/terraform/variable.tf
index 5f27ed96..3d1cc6df 100644
--- a/basis/src/terraform/variable.tf
+++ b/basis/src/terraform/variable.tf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ variable db_user { default="" }
 variable db_password{ default="" }
 
 # Compute Instance size
-variable instance_shape { default = "VM.Standard.E3.Flex" }
+variable instance_shape { default = "VM.Standard.E4.Flex" }
 variable instance_ocpus { default = 1 }
 variable instance_shape_config_memory_in_gbs { default = 8 }