diff --git a/cloudbuild/external.pkr.hcl b/cloudbuild/external.pkr.hcl
index 6f86b1c2..742f8679 100644
--- a/cloudbuild/external.pkr.hcl
+++ b/cloudbuild/external.pkr.hcl
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ build {
       "sudo docker version",
       "sudo apt-get install openvswitch-switch-dpdk -y",   # install openvswitch for cisco containers
       "echo \"fs.inotify.max_user_instances=128000\" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf", # configure inotify for cisco xrd containers
+      "echo \"fs.inotify.max_user_watches=25600000\" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf", # configure inotify for cisco xrd containers
+      "echo \"fs.inotify.max_queued_events=13107200\" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf", # configure inotify for cisco xrd containers
       "echo \"kernel.pid_max=1048575\" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf",              # configure pid_max for cisco 8000e containers
       "sudo sysctl -p",
     ]