diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 1738c0b..fde8fa5 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ variable "compute_environment_egress_cidr_blocks" {
 variable "db_instance_type" {
   type        = string
   description = "RDS instance type to launch for PostgresQL database."
-  default     = "db.t2.small"
+  default     = "db.t3.small"
 }
 
 variable "db_engine_version" {