diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-minion b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-minion
index a3d8230b5..cb4e40ade 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-minion
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-minion
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function pcapspace() {
 	if [[ "$OPERATION" == "setup" ]]; then
 		# Use 25% for PCAP
 		PCAP_PERCENTAGE=1
-		DFREEPERCENT=75
+		DFREEPERCENT=21
 		local SPACESIZE=$(df -k /nsm | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}' | tr -d \n)
 	else
 
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ function createIDH() {
 function createHEAVYNODE() {
 	is_pcaplimit=true
 	PCAP_PERCENTAGE=1
-	DFREEPERCENT=75
+	DFREEPERCENT=21
 	pcapspace
 	add_elasticsearch_to_minion
 	add_elastic_agent_to_minion