diff --git a/terraform/ecs/variables.tf b/terraform/ecs/variables.tf
index b6c7c039a0..72fdf8fc3a 100644
--- a/terraform/ecs/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/ecs/variables.tf
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ variable "log_level" {
 variable "redis_max_connections" {
   description = "The maximum number of connections to the Redis server"
   type        = number
-  default     = 128
+  default     = 512
 }
 
 variable "project_cache_endpoint_read" {
diff --git a/terraform/redis/variables.tf b/terraform/redis/variables.tf
index cf2f70c9e3..99a62fac1f 100644
--- a/terraform/redis/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/redis/variables.tf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 variable "node_type" {
   description = "The instance type to use for the database nodes"
   type        = string
-  default     = "cache.t4g.micro" # https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=5#On-demand_nodes
+  default     = "cache.t4g.small" # https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=5#On-demand_nodes
 }
 
 variable "num_cache_nodes" {