diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-gcp/cluster-api-provider-gcp-presubmits-main.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-gcp/cluster-api-provider-gcp-presubmits-main.yaml
index 791137f77b7a..ce71bf650abb 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-gcp/cluster-api-provider-gcp-presubmits-main.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-gcp/cluster-api-provider-gcp-presubmits-main.yaml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ presubmits:
         - "./scripts/ci-test.sh"
         resources:
           limits:
-            cpu: 16
+            cpu: 7
             memory: 16Gi
           requests:
-            cpu: 16
+            cpu: 7
             memory: 16Gi
     annotations:
       testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-provider-gcp
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ presubmits:
         - "./scripts/ci-build.sh"
         resources:
           limits:
-            cpu: 16
+            cpu: 7
             memory: 16Gi
           requests:
-            cpu: 16
+            cpu: 7
             memory: 16Gi
     annotations:
       testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api-provider-gcp