diff --git a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml
index 68b734de430..fc4f27d61f3 100644
--- a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml
+++ b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-backend.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: nomulus
       nodeSelector:
         cloud.google.com/compute-class: "Performance"
+        cloud.google.com/machine-family: c4
       containers:
       - name: backend
         image: gcr.io/GCP_PROJECT/nomulus
diff --git a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-console.yaml b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-console.yaml
index 34b13cb0612..db74d85003f 100644
--- a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-console.yaml
+++ b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-console.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ spec:
         service: console
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: nomulus
-      nodeSelector:
-        cloud.google.com/compute-class: "Performance"
       containers:
       - name: console
         image: gcr.io/GCP_PROJECT/nomulus
@@ -24,8 +22,17 @@ spec:
           name: http
         resources:
           requests:
+            # explicit pod-slots 0 is required in order to downgrade node 
+            # class from performance, which has implicit pod-slots 1
+            cloud.google.com/pod-slots: 0
             cpu: "100m"
             memory: "512Mi"
+          limits:
+            # explicit pod-slots 0 is required in order to downgrade node 
+            # class from performance, which has implicit pod-slots 1
+            cloud.google.com/pod-slots: 0
+            cpu: "500m"
+            memory: "2Gi"
         args: [ENVIRONMENT]
         env:
         - name: POD_ID
diff --git a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml
index c64dd8bb33c..5f0986e5ea5 100644
--- a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml
+++ b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-frontend.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: nomulus
       nodeSelector:
         cloud.google.com/compute-class: "Performance"
+        cloud.google.com/machine-family: c4
       containers:
       - name: frontend
         image: gcr.io/GCP_PROJECT/nomulus
diff --git a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-pubapi.yaml b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-pubapi.yaml
index 8a204c2c769..421a84acc6e 100644
--- a/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-pubapi.yaml
+++ b/jetty/kubernetes/nomulus-pubapi.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ spec:
         service: pubapi
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: nomulus
-      nodeSelector:
-        cloud.google.com/compute-class: "Performance"
       containers:
       - name: pubapi
         image: gcr.io/GCP_PROJECT/nomulus
@@ -24,8 +22,17 @@ spec:
           name: http
         resources:
           requests:
+            # explicit pod-slots 0 is required in order to downgrade node 
+            # class from performance, which has implicit pod-slots 1
+            cloud.google.com/pod-slots: 0
             cpu: "100m"
             memory: "512Mi"
+          limits:
+            # explicit pod-slots 0 is required in order to downgrade node 
+            # class from performance, which has implicit pod-slots 1
+            cloud.google.com/pod-slots: 0
+            cpu: "500m"
+            memory: "2Gi"
         args: [ENVIRONMENT]
         env:
         - name: POD_ID