diff --git a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/up.go b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/up.go
index d9a45ae424..bfd3b0473c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/up.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/kubetest2-kops/deployer/up.go
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ func (d *deployer) createCluster(zones []string, adminAccess string) error {
 		}
 		args = appendIfUnset(args, "--vpc", strings.Split(d.ClusterName, ".")[0])
 	case "digitalocean":
-		args = appendIfUnset(args, "--master-size", "s-8vcpu-16gb")
-		args = appendIfUnset(args, "--node-size", "s-8vcpu-16gb")
+		args = appendIfUnset(args, "--master-size", "c2-16vcpu-32gb")
+		args = appendIfUnset(args, "--node-size", "c2-16vcpu-32gb")
 	}
 
 	if d.terraform != nil {