diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
index 127c1efad..42d9c7a4d 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ dns_memory_limit: 170Mi
 dns_cpu_requests: 100m
 dns_memory_requests: 70Mi
 dns_min_replicas: 2
-dns_nodes_per_replica: 10
-dns_cores_per_replica: 20
+dns_nodes_per_replica: 16
+dns_cores_per_replica: 256
 dns_prevent_single_point_failure: "{{ 'true' if dns_min_replicas|int > 1 else 'false' }}"
 
 # nodelocaldns