diff --git a/roles/gitlab_runner/files/domain_template.xml b/roles/gitlab_runner/files/domain_template.xml
index 7c359a10c512f924bacedd6353f39a72f6e33557..80ca498284c1da0eff126febd10bf3d7666f878b 100644
--- a/roles/gitlab_runner/files/domain_template.xml
+++ b/roles/gitlab_runner/files/domain_template.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <domain type='kvm'>
   <name>$vm_name</name>
-  <memory unit='MiB'>1024</memory>
+  <memory unit='MiB'>2048</memory>
   <vcpu>4</vcpu>
   <os>
     <type arch='x86_64' machine='q35'>hvm</type>