diff --git a/dotcom-rendering/cdk/bin/cdk.ts b/dotcom-rendering/cdk/bin/cdk.ts
index ed16e84ea4e..6b5b96a3188 100644
--- a/dotcom-rendering/cdk/bin/cdk.ts
+++ b/dotcom-rendering/cdk/bin/cdk.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export const TagPageRenderingPropsCODE: RenderingCDKStackProps = {
 	stage: 'CODE',
 	domainName: 'tag-page-rendering.code.dev-guardianapis.com',
 	scaling: { minimumInstances: 1, maximumInstances: 3 },
-	instanceType: InstanceType.of(InstanceClass.T4G, InstanceSize.SMALL),
+	instanceType: InstanceType.of(InstanceClass.C8G, InstanceSize.MEDIUM),
 	imageIdentifier: process.env.IMAGE_DIGEST ?? 'DEV',
 };
 
diff --git a/dotcom-rendering/cdk/lib/__snapshots__/renderingStack.test.ts.snap b/dotcom-rendering/cdk/lib/__snapshots__/renderingStack.test.ts.snap
index 86619d8b422..2cd37b170e2 100644
--- a/dotcom-rendering/cdk/lib/__snapshots__/renderingStack.test.ts.snap
+++ b/dotcom-rendering/cdk/lib/__snapshots__/renderingStack.test.ts.snap
@@ -3257,7 +3257,7 @@ exports[`The RenderingCDKStack matches the snapshot for Tag Page Rendering CODE
           "ImageId": {
             "Ref": "AMITagpagerendering",
           },
-          "InstanceType": "t4g.small",
+          "InstanceType": "c8g.medium",
           "MetadataOptions": {
             "HttpTokens": "required",
             "InstanceMetadataTags": "enabled",