diff --git a/tools/vm b/tools/vm
index b604cc1..7389782 100755
--- a/tools/vm
+++ b/tools/vm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
 
 VM_NAME="talos-vm"
 VCPUS="2"
-RAM_MB="2048"
+RAM_MB="16384"
 DISK_GB="10"
 NETWORK=talos
 CONNECTION="qemu:///system"