diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.elastic-agent-package.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.elastic-agent-package.yml
index 6cc8942adbd..f6c0723dd4f 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.elastic-agent-package.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.elastic-agent-package.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ steps:
     key: package_elastic-agent
     agents:
       provider: "gcp"
-      machineType: "c2-standard-16"
+      machineType: "t2a-standard-8"
     command: |
       if [[ -z "${DEV}" ]]; then
         export DEV=$(buildkite-agent meta-data get DEV --default "true")