diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index 4f9b5fc849..f29c745e85 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ steps:
         agents:
           slurm_gpus_per_task: 1
           slurm_ntasks: 4
-          slurm_mem: 16G
+          slurm_mem: 32G
 
       - label: "GPU: GPU moist Held-Suarez"
         command: >