diff --git a/kubernetes/htcondor_k8s.yaml b/kubernetes/htcondor_k8s.yaml
index e7b80b537ae3379b41c8cd5b376b07ba071c3e2a..bddcd8ce444b699b3f1690289b872073d2c1d0e6 100644
--- a/kubernetes/htcondor_k8s.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/htcondor_k8s.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ topology_template:
     number_of_slaves:
       description: number of K8s node VMs
       type: integer
-      default: 1
+      default: 3
 
     num_cpus_slave:
       description: number of CPUs for K8s node VM