diff --git a/test/integration/functional_test.go b/test/integration/functional_test.go
index b30ecdb614..91761c400e 100644
--- a/test/integration/functional_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/functional_test.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func validateStartWithProxy(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
 
 	// Use more memory so that we may reliably fit MySQL and nginx
 	// changing api server so later in soft start we verify it didn't change
-	startArgs := append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, "--memory=3200", fmt.Sprintf("--apiserver-port=%d", apiPortTest), "--wait=true"}, StartArgs()...)
+	startArgs := append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, "--memory=2800", fmt.Sprintf("--apiserver-port=%d", apiPortTest), "--wait=true"}, StartArgs()...)
 	c := exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), startArgs...)
 	env := os.Environ()
 	env = append(env, fmt.Sprintf("HTTP_PROXY=%s", srv.Addr))