diff --git a/packages/backend/src/functions/bandada.ts b/packages/backend/src/functions/bandada.ts
index d7c74794..2e3af603 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/functions/bandada.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/functions/bandada.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const bandadaApi = new ApiSdk(BANDADA_API_URL)
 export const bandadaValidateProof = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-        memory: "512MB"
+        memory: "1GB"
     })
     .https.onCall(async (data: BandadaValidateProof): Promise<VerifiedBandadaResponse> => {
         const VKEY_DATA = {
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/functions/ceremony.ts b/packages/backend/src/functions/ceremony.ts
index 2fa47434..1f80d1cb 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/functions/ceremony.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/functions/ceremony.ts
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ export const setupCeremony = functions
 export const initEmptyWaitingQueueForCircuit = functions
     .region("europe-west1")
     .runWith({
-        memory: "512MB"
+        memory: "1GB"
     })
     .firestore.document(
         `/${commonTerms.collections.ceremonies.name}/{ceremony}/${commonTerms.collections.circuits.name}/{circuit}`
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/functions/circuit.ts b/packages/backend/src/functions/circuit.ts
index cc0a870d..96bb6c32 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/functions/circuit.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/functions/circuit.ts
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ const checkIfVMRunning = async (ec2: EC2Client, vmInstanceId: string, attempts =
  * 2) Send all updates atomically to the Firestore database.
  */
 export const verifycontribution = functionsV2.https.onCall(
-    { memory: "16GiB", timeoutSeconds: 3600, region: "europe-west1" },
+    { memory: "32GiB", timeoutSeconds: 3600, region: "europe-west1", cpu: 8 },
     async (request: functionsV2.https.CallableRequest<VerifyContributionData>): Promise<any> => {
         try {
             if (!request.auth || (!request.auth.token.participant && !request.auth.token.coordinator))
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ export const verifycontribution = functionsV2.https.onCall(
             }
         } catch (error: any) {
             logAndThrowError(makeError("unknown", error))
-        }    
+        }
     }
 )