diff --git a/tests/input_files/cluster.json b/tests/input_files/cluster.json
index 0b8042af963d803ec27bd6ff407c8df519cd4f13..0734b2409822aade76b82442c524e698cfa554fa 100644
--- a/tests/input_files/cluster.json
+++ b/tests/input_files/cluster.json
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
   },
   "create_index_salmon":
   {
-    "time": "01:00:00",
+    "time": "03:00:00",
     "threads":"8",
-    "mem":"2G"
+    "mem":"10G"
   },
   "create_index_kallisto":
   {