diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-azure.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-azure.yml
index a3331607c..f7fbf1b0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-azure.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-azure.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: e2e Test Azure
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 3 * * *'
+    - cron: '0 2 * * *'
 jobs:
   e2e-test-azure:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, edgserver]
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         controlNodesCount: '1'
         autoscale: 'false'
         cloudProvider: 'azure'
-        machineType: 'Standard_D4s_v3'
+        machineType: 'Standard_D4a_v4'
         azure_credentials: ${{ secrets.AZURE_E2E_CREDENTIALS }}
         # TODO: Remove E2E_SKIP once AB#2174 is resolved
         sonobuoyTestSuiteCmd: '--plugin e2e --plugin-env e2e.E2E_FOCUS="\[Conformance\]" --plugin-env e2e.E2E_SKIP="for service with type clusterIP|HostPort validates that there is no conflict between pods with same hostPort but different hostIP and protocol" --plugin https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy-plugins/master/cis-benchmarks/kube-bench-plugin.yaml --plugin https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vmware-tanzu/sonobuoy-plugins/master/cis-benchmarks/kube-bench-master-plugin.yaml'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-manual.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-manual.yml
index cbe8bcbfd..6f9fd55f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test-manual.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test-manual.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ on:
         type: choice
         options:
           - "n2d-standard-2" # GCP
-          - "Standard_D4s_v3" # Azure
+          - "Standard_D4a_v4" # Azure
         default: "n2d-standard-2"
         required: true
       sonobuoyTestSuiteCmd: