diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
index b7b21418cf5..9af3bf99ae2 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ if [[ "${PERFORMANCE:-}" == "true" ]]; then
       export MASTER_SIZE=${MASTER_SIZE:-"m3.xlarge"}
     else
       export MASTER_SIZE=${MASTER_SIZE:-"n1-standard-4"}
+      export MINION_SIZE=${MINION_SIZE:-"n1-standard-2"}
     fi
     export NUM_MINIONS=${NUM_MINIONS:-"100"}
     GINKGO_TEST_ARGS=${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:-"--ginkgo.focus=\[Performance suite\] "}
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ else
     if [[ "${KUBERNETES_PROVIDER}" == "aws" ]]; then
       export MASTER_SIZE=${MASTER_SIZE:-"t2.small"}
     else
-      export MASTER_SIZE=${MASTER_SIZE:-"g1-small"}
+      export MASTER_SIZE=${MASTER_SIZE:-"n1-standard-2"}
+      export MINION_SIZE=${MINION_SIZE:-"n1-standard-2"}
     fi
     export NUM_MINIONS=${NUM_MINIONS:-"2"}
 fi