diff --git a/ops/terraform/services/base/values/prod-sbx.yaml b/ops/terraform/services/base/values/prod-sbx.yaml
index 176f263d97..c5dc9adeb0 100644
--- a/ops/terraform/services/base/values/prod-sbx.yaml
+++ b/ops/terraform/services/base/values/prod-sbx.yaml
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@
 /bfd/${env}/common/nonsensitive/rds_iam_database_authentication_enabled: "true"
 /bfd/${env}/common/nonsensitive/rds_master_username: bfduser
 /bfd/${env}/common/nonsensitive/rds_cluster_identifier: bfd-prod-sbx-aurora-cluster
-/bfd/${env}/common/nonsensitive/rds_instance_class: db.r6i.2xlarge
+/bfd/${env}/common/nonsensitive/rds_instance_class: db.r6i.12xlarge
 /bfd/${env}/common/nonsensitive/rds_security_group: bfd-prod-sbx-aurora-cluster
 /bfd/${env}/common/nonsensitive/rds_min_reader_nodes: 1
-/bfd/${env}/common/nonsensitive/rds_max_reader_nodes: 1
+/bfd/${env}/common/nonsensitive/rds_max_reader_nodes: 3
 /bfd/${env}/common/nonsensitive/rds_scaling_cpu_target: 50
 /bfd/${env}/common/nonsensitive/rds_scale_in_cooldown: 300
 /bfd/${env}/common/nonsensitive/rds_scale_out_cooldown: 300