diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-scheduler/kube-scheduler.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-scheduler/kube-scheduler.manifest
index 53c2e34e00b..8a78a6ddc56 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-scheduler/kube-scheduler.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-scheduler/kube-scheduler.manifest
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "image": "{{pillar['kube_docker_registry']}}/kube-scheduler:{{pillar['kube-scheduler_docker_tag']}}",
     "resources": {
       "requests": {
-        "cpu": "100m"
+        "cpu": "75m"
       }
     },
     "command": [