diff --git a/contrib/vagrant/Vagrantfile b/contrib/vagrant/Vagrantfile
index 37ce6143..e697671f 100644
--- a/contrib/vagrant/Vagrantfile
+++ b/contrib/vagrant/Vagrantfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
 
 Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
 
-  VM_MEMORY    = ENV.fetch('VAGRANT_KURYR_VM_MEMORY', 4096)
+  VM_MEMORY    = ENV.fetch('VAGRANT_KURYR_VM_MEMORY', 6144)
   VM_CPUS      = ENV.fetch('VAGRANT_KURYR_VM_CPUS', 2)
   RUN_DEVSTACK = ENV.fetch('VAGRANT_KURYR_RUN_DEVSTACK', 'true')