diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml
index 8407df870f..641a3cacb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ jobs:
         env:
           discovery.type: single-node
           xpack.security.enabled: false
-          ES_JAVA_OPTS: "-Xms512m -Xmx512m" # reduce from ES default of 50%
+          xpack.ml.enabled: false
+          ingest.geoip.downloader.enabled: false
+          ES_JAVA_OPTS: "-Xms1g -Xmx1g"
         ports:
           - "9200:9200"
       meilisearch:
@@ -193,7 +195,9 @@ jobs:
         env:
           discovery.type: single-node
           xpack.security.enabled: false
-          ES_JAVA_OPTS: "-Xms512m -Xmx512m" # reduce from ES default of 50%
+          xpack.ml.enabled: false
+          ingest.geoip.downloader.enabled: false
+          ES_JAVA_OPTS: "-Xms1g -Xmx1g"
         ports:
           - "9200:9200"
       smtpimap: