diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd-deploy-nodes-gcp.yml b/.github/workflows/cd-deploy-nodes-gcp.yml
index 1333816530f..01bad9142c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd-deploy-nodes-gcp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd-deploy-nodes-gcp.yml
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create instance template for ${{ matrix.network }}
         run: |
           DISK_NAME="zebrad-cache-${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF_SLUG_URL || env.GITHUB_REF_SLUG_URL }}-${{ env.GITHUB_SHA_SHORT }}-${NETWORK}"
-          DISK_PARAMS="name=${DISK_NAME},device-name=${DISK_NAME},size=400GB,type=pd-ssd"
+          DISK_PARAMS="name=${DISK_NAME},device-name=${DISK_NAME},size=400GB,type=pd-balanced"
           if [ -n "${{ env.CACHED_DISK_NAME }}" ]; then
             DISK_PARAMS+=",image=${{ env.CACHED_DISK_NAME }}"
           elif [ ${{ inputs.no_cached_disk && github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }} ]; then
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ jobs:
           fi
           gcloud compute instance-templates create-with-container zebrad-${{ needs.versioning.outputs.major_version || env.GITHUB_REF_SLUG_URL }}-${{ env.GITHUB_SHA_SHORT }}-${NETWORK} \
           --machine-type ${{ vars.GCP_SMALL_MACHINE }} \
-          --boot-disk-size 50GB \
-          --boot-disk-type=pd-ssd \
+          --boot-disk-size=10GB \
+          --boot-disk-type=pd-standard \
           --image-project=cos-cloud \
           --image-family=cos-stable \
           --network-interface=subnet=${{ vars.GCP_SUBNETWORK }} \
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Manual deploy of a single ${{ inputs.network }} instance running zebrad
         run: |
           DISK_NAME="zebrad-cache-${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF_SLUG_URL || env.GITHUB_REF_SLUG_URL }}-${{ env.GITHUB_SHA_SHORT }}-${NETWORK}"
-          DISK_PARAMS="name=${DISK_NAME},device-name=${DISK_NAME},size=400GB,type=pd-ssd"
+          DISK_PARAMS="name=${DISK_NAME},device-name=${DISK_NAME},size=400GB,type=pd-balanced"
           if [ -n "${{ env.CACHED_DISK_NAME }}" ]; then
             DISK_PARAMS+=",image=${{ env.CACHED_DISK_NAME }}"
           elif [ ${{ inputs.no_cached_disk && github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }} ]; then
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ jobs:
           fi
           gcloud compute instances create-with-container "zebrad-${{ env.GITHUB_REF_SLUG_URL }}-${{ env.GITHUB_SHA_SHORT }}-${NETWORK}" \
           --machine-type ${{ vars.GCP_SMALL_MACHINE }} \
-          --boot-disk-size 50GB \
-          --boot-disk-type=pd-ssd \
+          --boot-disk-size=10GB \
+          --boot-disk-type=pd-standard \
           --image-project=cos-cloud \
           --image-family=cos-stable \
           --network-interface=subnet=${{ vars.GCP_SUBNETWORK }} \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-zcashd-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-zcashd-deploy.yml
index 05872f2532d..dfde89b3e86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-zcashd-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-zcashd-deploy.yml
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create instance template
         run: |
           gcloud compute instance-templates create-with-container zcashd-${{ env.GITHUB_REF_SLUG_URL }}-${{ env.GITHUB_SHA_SHORT }} \
-          --boot-disk-size 10GB \
-          --boot-disk-type=pd-ssd \
+          --boot-disk-size=10GB \
+          --boot-disk-type=pd-standard \
           --image-project=cos-cloud \
           --image-family=cos-stable \
           --container-stdin \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sub-deploy-integration-tests-gcp.yml b/.github/workflows/sub-deploy-integration-tests-gcp.yml
index 7266f60ea54..26c13e6044c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sub-deploy-integration-tests-gcp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sub-deploy-integration-tests-gcp.yml
@@ -188,18 +188,18 @@ jobs:
         shell: /usr/bin/bash -x {0}
         run: |
           NAME="${{ inputs.test_id }}-${{ env.GITHUB_SHA_SHORT }}"
-          DISK_PARAMS="size=400GB,type=pd-ssd,name=${NAME},device-name=${NAME}"
+          DISK_PARAMS="size=400GB,type=pd-balanced,name=${NAME},device-name=${NAME}"
           if [ -n "${{ env.CACHED_DISK_NAME }}" ]; then
             DISK_PARAMS+=",image=${{ env.CACHED_DISK_NAME }}"
           fi
           gcloud compute instances create-with-container "${{ inputs.test_id }}-${{ env.GITHUB_REF_SLUG_URL }}-${{ env.GITHUB_SHA_SHORT }}" \
-          --boot-disk-size 50GB \
-          --boot-disk-type pd-ssd \
+          --boot-disk-size=50GB \
+          --boot-disk-type=pd-ssd \
           --image-project=cos-cloud \
           --image-family=cos-stable \
           --create-disk="${DISK_PARAMS}" \
           --container-image=gcr.io/google-containers/busybox \
-          --machine-type ${{ vars.GCP_LARGE_MACHINE }} \
+          --machine-type ${{ inputs.is_long_test && vars.GCP_LARGE_MACHINE || vars.GCP_SMALL_MACHINE }} \
           --network-interface=subnet=${{ vars.GCP_SUBNETWORK }} \
           --scopes cloud-platform \
           --metadata=google-monitoring-enabled=TRUE,google-logging-enabled=TRUE \