diff --git a/node_group_autoscaling_policy/main.tf b/node_group_autoscaling_policy/main.tf
index 48215d5d..2d4d1c18 100644
--- a/node_group_autoscaling_policy/main.tf
+++ b/node_group_autoscaling_policy/main.tf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 resource "google_compute_node_template" "soletenant-tmpl" {
   name      = "soletenant-tmpl-${local.name_suffix}"
   region    = "us-central1"
-  node_type = "n1-node-96-624"
+  node_type = "c2-node-60-240"
 }
 
 resource "google_compute_node_group" "nodes" {
diff --git a/node_group_basic/main.tf b/node_group_basic/main.tf
index c2bd51f5..b879fc59 100644
--- a/node_group_basic/main.tf
+++ b/node_group_basic/main.tf
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 resource "google_compute_node_template" "soletenant-tmpl" {
   name      = "soletenant-tmpl-${local.name_suffix}"
   region    = "us-central1"
-  node_type = "n1-node-96-624"
+  node_type = "c2-node-60-240"
 }
 
 resource "google_compute_node_group" "nodes" {
   name        = "soletenant-group-${local.name_suffix}"
-  zone        = "us-central1-f"
+  zone        = "us-central1-c"
   description = "example google_compute_node_group for Terraform Google Provider"
 
   initial_size          = 1