diff --git a/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsCreateVDS.wdl b/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsCreateVDS.wdl
index 022c1c36daa..d6d0cfedced 100644
--- a/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsCreateVDS.wdl
+++ b/scripts/variantstore/wdl/GvsCreateVDS.wdl
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ task create_vds {
         cat > auto-scale-policy.yaml <<FIN
         workerConfig:
             minInstances: 2
-            maxInstances: 20
+            maxInstances: 10
         secondaryWorkerConfig:
-            maxInstances: 50
+            maxInstances: 1200
         basicAlgorithm:
             cooldownPeriod: 4m
             yarnConfig: