diff --git a/terraform/aptos-node/gcp/variables.tf b/terraform/aptos-node/gcp/variables.tf
index ca216d400385b..66e2ddba2ce7a 100644
--- a/terraform/aptos-node/gcp/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/aptos-node/gcp/variables.tf
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ variable "utility_instance_enable_taint" {
 variable "validator_instance_enable_taint" {
   description = "Whether to taint instances in the validator nodegroup"
   type        = bool
-  default     = false
+  default     = true
 }
 
 variable "gke_enable_node_autoprovisioning" {
diff --git a/terraform/helm/aptos-node/values.yaml b/terraform/helm/aptos-node/values.yaml
index 857b8ba504669..30b5b7cf7c698 100644
--- a/terraform/helm/aptos-node/values.yaml
+++ b/terraform/helm/aptos-node/values.yaml
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ validator:
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   resources:
     limits:
-      cpu: 14
-      memory: 56Gi
+      cpu: 30
+      memory: 60Gi
     requests:
-      cpu: 14
-      memory: 56Gi
+      cpu: 30
+      memory: 60Gi
   storage:
     # -- Kubernetes storage class to use for validator persistent storage
     class:
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ fullnode:
       replicas: 1
   resources:
     limits:
-      cpu: 14
-      memory: 56Gi
+      cpu: 30
+      memory: 60Gi
     requests:
-      cpu: 14
-      memory: 56Gi
+      cpu: 30
+      memory: 60Gi
   storage:
     # -- Kubernetes storage class to use for fullnode persistent storage
     class:
diff --git a/terraform/helm/fullnode/values.yaml b/terraform/helm/fullnode/values.yaml
index f0f2c712398c9..001abbfecc79d 100644
--- a/terraform/helm/fullnode/values.yaml
+++ b/terraform/helm/fullnode/values.yaml
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ image:
 
 resources:
   limits:
-    cpu: 14
-    memory: 56Gi
+    cpu: 30
+    memory: 60Gi
   requests:
-    cpu: 14
-    memory: 56Gi
+    cpu: 30
+    memory: 60Gi
 
 nodeSelector: {}
 tolerations: []