diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-cicd/salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-cicd/salt.yaml
index 2bd1690..da1b1d4 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-cicd/salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-cicd/salt.yaml
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
 - description: Configure salt.minion on other nodes
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@linux:system and not cfg01*' state.sls salt.minion
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 10}
+  retry: {count: 3, delay: 15}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check salt minion versions on slaves
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-cicd/underlay.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-cicd/underlay.yaml
index dba535a..2f0f861 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-cicd/underlay.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-ocata-cicd/underlay.yaml
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
           - name: {{ HOSTNAME_PRX01 }}
             role: salt_minion
             params:
-              vcpu: !os_env SLAVE_NODE_CPU, 2
+              vcpu: !os_env SLAVE_NODE_CPU, 1
               memory: !os_env SLAVE_NODE_MEMORY, 2048
               boot:
                 - hd