diff --git a/terraform/ecs.tf b/terraform/ecs.tf
index e1c9f8a97..2732661a6 100644
--- a/terraform/ecs.tf
+++ b/terraform/ecs.tf
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module "ecs_cluster" {
   default_instance_type = "t3a.small"
   instance_types        = local.ecs.instance_types
 
-  min_size                  = 1
+  min_size                  = 2
   max_size                  = 3
   minimum_scaling_step_size = 1
   maximum_scaling_step_size = 1
diff --git a/terraform/service_api.tf b/terraform/service_api.tf
index 8ab406269..1d19331fb 100644
--- a/terraform/service_api.tf
+++ b/terraform/service_api.tf
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ module "ecs_api" {
 
   name         = "api-${var.env}"
   cluster_name = module.ecs_cluster.cluster_name
-  min_capacity = 1
-  max_capacity = 3
+  min_capacity = 2
+  max_capacity = 4
 
   image_repo = local.images.api.image
   image_tag  = local.images.api.tag