diff --git a/molecule/virtualbox/molecule.yml b/molecule/virtualbox/molecule.yml
index e939c35c63209e81c05ac409f18e764e76b4c09c..efbeb33926c1f3df0b6d7867feed0410c1f616b5 100644
--- a/molecule/virtualbox/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/virtualbox/molecule.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ platforms:
   # for more platform parameters.
   - name: vm-runner
     box: debian/bookworm64
-    memory: 1024
+    memory: 3072
     # List of raw Vagrant `config` options.
     # provider_raw_config_args:
     #   - "customize [ 'modifyvm', :id, '--natdnshostresolver1', 'on' ]"
diff --git a/molecule/virtualbox_rocky8/molecule.yml b/molecule/virtualbox_rocky8/molecule.yml
index d03a5a75046279199ec986ff8696bd830439e80b..e899426673330d3cd7ec9f56f39df54b8161e33d 100644
--- a/molecule/virtualbox_rocky8/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/virtualbox_rocky8/molecule.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ platforms:
   # for more platform parameters.
   - name: vm-harden-mol
     box: rockylinux/8
-    memory: 1024
+    memory: 3072
     # List of raw Vagrant `config` options.
     # provider_raw_config_args:
     #   - "customize [ 'modifyvm', :id, '--natdnshostresolver1', 'on' ]"