diff --git a/examples/basic/variables.tf b/examples/basic/variables.tf
index 81401439..cb3fc48b 100644
--- a/examples/basic/variables.tf
+++ b/examples/basic/variables.tf
@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ variable "member_host_flavor" {
 variable "member_memory_mb" {
   type        = number
   description = "Allocated memory per-member. See the following doc for supported values: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/databases-for-postgresql?topic=databases-for-postgresql-resources-scaling"
-  default     = 1024
+  default     = 4096
 }