diff --git a/tofu/vars.tf b/tofu/vars.tf
index cc1d4ba0..2dccbd44 100644
--- a/tofu/vars.tf
+++ b/tofu/vars.tf
@@ -81,6 +81,6 @@ variable "workers" {
   type = map(any)
   default = {
     "codfw1dev" = "2"
-    "eqiad1"    = "7"
+    "eqiad1"    = "5"
   }
 }