diff --git a/.github/workflows/flow-pull-request-checks-on-macos.yaml b/.github/workflows/flow-pull-request-checks-on-macos.yaml
index 51a76c49..b16d4504 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flow-pull-request-checks-on-macos.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flow-pull-request-checks-on-macos.yaml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         CPU_COUNT=$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
         MEMORY=$(sysctl hw.memsize | awk '{print $2/1024/1024/1024}')
-        COLIMA_ARGS="--cpu 6 --memory 16 --arch x86_64"
+        COLIMA_ARGS="--cpu 6 --memory 8 --arch x86_64"
         if [ $COLIMA_NETWORK_ADDRESS == "true" ]
         then
           COLIMA_ARGS="$COLIMA_ARGS --network-address"