diff --git a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-e2e.yaml b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-e2e.yaml
index f49aad49791..85120e1ce9b 100644
--- a/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-e2e.yaml
+++ b/hack/jenkins/job-configs/kubernetes-jenkins/kubernetes-e2e.yaml
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@
                 export GINKGO_PARALLEL="y"
                 export ZONE="us-central1-b"
                 export NUM_NODES=1000
+                export MACHINE_TYPE="n1-highmem-2"
     jobs:
         - 'kubernetes-e2e-{suffix}'