diff --git a/test/integration/docker_test.go b/test/integration/docker_test.go
index 25d0da8eb4..43f0d981e8 100644
--- a/test/integration/docker_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/docker_test.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func TestForceSystemd(t *testing.T) {
 	defer CleanupWithLogs(t, profile, cancel)
 
 	// Use the most verbose logging for the simplest test. If it fails, something is very wrong.
-	args := append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, "--force-systemd", "--alsologtostderr", "-v=5"}, StartArgs()...)
+	args := append([]string{"start", "-p", "--memory=1800", profile, "--force-systemd", "--alsologtostderr", "-v=5"}, StartArgs()...)
 	rr, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), args...))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("failed to start minikube with args: %q : %v", rr.Command(), err)
diff --git a/test/integration/functional_test.go b/test/integration/functional_test.go
index 2350f322dd..e744020558 100644
--- a/test/integration/functional_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/functional_test.go
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ 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, 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))
diff --git a/test/integration/multinode_test.go b/test/integration/multinode_test.go
index c4814cd415..a69f86a43b 100644
--- a/test/integration/multinode_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/multinode_test.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestMultiNode(t *testing.T) {
 
 func validateMultiNodeStart(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
 	// Start a 2 node cluster with the --nodes param
-	startArgs := append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, "--wait=true", "--nodes=2"}, StartArgs()...)
+	startArgs := append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, "--wait=true", "--memory=2200", "--nodes=2"}, StartArgs()...)
 	rr, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), startArgs...))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to start cluster. args %q : %v", rr.Command(), err)
diff --git a/test/integration/version_upgrade_test.go b/test/integration/version_upgrade_test.go
index fa6a4d4653..f13c5b3d15 100644
--- a/test/integration/version_upgrade_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/version_upgrade_test.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestVersionUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("FAILED: status = %q; want = %q", got, state.Stopped.String())
 	}
 
-	args = append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, fmt.Sprintf("--kubernetes-version=%s", constants.NewestKubernetesVersion), "--alsologtostderr", "-v=1"}, StartArgs()...)
+	args = append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, "--memory=2200", fmt.Sprintf("--kubernetes-version=%s", constants.NewestKubernetesVersion), "--alsologtostderr", "-v=1"}, StartArgs()...)
 	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), args...))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("failed to start minikube HEAD with newest k8s version. args: %s : %v", rr.Command(), err)
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ func TestVersionUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	t.Logf("Attempting to downgrade Kubernetes (should fail)")
-	args = append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, fmt.Sprintf("--kubernetes-version=%s", constants.OldestKubernetesVersion), "--alsologtostderr", "-v=1"}, StartArgs()...)
+	args = append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, "--memory=2200", fmt.Sprintf("--kubernetes-version=%s", constants.OldestKubernetesVersion), "--alsologtostderr", "-v=1"}, StartArgs()...)
 	if rr, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, tf.Name(), args...)); err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("downgrading kubernetes should not be allowed. expected to see error but got %v for %q", err, rr.Command())
 	}
 
 	t.Logf("Attempting restart after unsuccessful downgrade")
-	args = append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, fmt.Sprintf("--kubernetes-version=%s", constants.NewestKubernetesVersion), "--alsologtostderr", "-v=1"}, StartArgs()...)
+	args = append([]string{"start", "-p", profile, "--memory=2200", fmt.Sprintf("--kubernetes-version=%s", constants.NewestKubernetesVersion), "--alsologtostderr", "-v=1"}, StartArgs()...)
 	rr, err = Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), args...))
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("start after failed upgrade: %v", err)