diff --git a/changelog_entry.yaml b/changelog_entry.yaml
index e69de29b..ed4fc660 100644
--- a/changelog_entry.yaml
+++ b/changelog_entry.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- bump: patch
+  changes:
+    changed:
+    - Increased CPU and RAM to prevent frequent crashing.
diff --git a/gcp/policyengine_api/app.yaml b/gcp/policyengine_api/app.yaml
index 8d91d587..2ccf8ea5 100644
--- a/gcp/policyengine_api/app.yaml
+++ b/gcp/policyengine_api/app.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 runtime: custom
 env: flex
 resources:
-  cpu: 2
-  memory_gb: 8
+  cpu: 4
+  memory_gb: 12
   disk_size_gb: 32
 automatic_scaling:
   min_num_instances: 1