diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/runtime/nic_drv.cc b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/runtime/nic_drv.cc
index 5a8bbd3251..330381e6aa 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/runtime/nic_drv.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/runtime/nic_drv.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 void Sculpt::gen_nic_drv_start_content(Xml_generator &xml)
 {
 	gen_common_start_content(xml, "nic_drv",
-	                         Cap_quota{300}, Ram_quota{16*1024*1024},
+	                         Cap_quota{300}, Ram_quota{20*1024*1024},
 	                         Priority::NETWORK);
 
 	gen_named_node(xml, "resource", "CPU", [&] () { xml.attribute("quantum", "50"); });