diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index ebb4f0c15b..bb413eed84 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ task:
   << : *FILTER_TEMPLATE
   windows_container:
     cpu: 4
-    memory: 16G
+    memory: 8G
     image: cirrusci/windowsservercore:visualstudio2019
   timeout_in: 120m
   env: