diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/clusterapi.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/clusterapi.yml
index 75830cb..575fe15 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/clusterapi.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/clusterapi.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
       network:
         fqdn: "{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}"
         dnsserver: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.dnsserver'] }}"
+      nodesize:
+        cpu: "{{ config.clusterapi.size_matrix[ vapp['workloadcluster.nodesize'] ].cpu }}"
+        memory: "{{ config.clusterapi.size_matrix[ vapp['workloadcluster.nodesize'] ].memory }}"
       rootca: "{{ stepca_cm_certs.resources[0].data['root_ca.crt'] }}"
       runcmds:
         - update-ca-certificates
diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/kustomization.cluster-template.j2 b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/kustomization.cluster-template.j2
index d7734bb..f273815 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/kustomization.cluster-template.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/kustomization.cluster-template.j2
@@ -221,6 +221,18 @@ patchesJson6902:
         path: /spec/controlPlaneRef/name
         value: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-master
 
+  - target:
+      group: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1beta1
+      kind: VSphereMachineTemplate
+      name: \${CLUSTER_NAME}-worker
+    patch: |-
+      - op: replace
+        path: /spec/template/spec/numCPUs
+        value: {{ _template.nodesize.cpu }}
+      - op: replace
+        path: /spec/template/spec/memoryMiB
+        value: {{ _template.nodesize.memory }}
   - target:
       group: cluster.x-k8s.io
       version: v1beta1
diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/vars/defaults.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/vars/defaults.yml
index c3b1df9..3d2b32c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/vars/defaults.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/vars/defaults.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,16 @@ playbook:
 
 # This default value is updated during the playbook, based on an I/O intensive operation
 storage_benchmark: 30
+
+config:
+  clusterapi:
+    size_matrix:
+      small:
+        cpu: 2
+        memory: 6144
+      medium:
+        cpu: 4
+        memory: 8192
+      large:
+        cpu: 8
+        memory: 16384
diff --git a/scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.bootstrap.yml b/scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.bootstrap.yml
index 635dfea..8089d71 100644
--- a/scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.bootstrap.yml
+++ b/scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.bootstrap.yml
@@ -163,12 +163,13 @@ PropertyCategories:
     UserConfigurable: true
 
   - Key: workloadcluster.nodesize
-    Type: string["small", "medium"]
+    Type: string["small", "medium", "large"]
     Label: Workload-cluster node size*
     Description: |
-      All worker-nodes for the workload-cluster will be provisioned with number of cpu-cores and memory as specified:
+      All worker and worker-storage nodes for the workload-cluster will be provisioned with number of cpu-cores and memory as specified:
       - SMALL: 2 vCPU/6GB RAM
       - MEDIUM: 4 vCPU/8GB RAM
+      - LARGE: 8 vCPU/16GB RAM
     DefaultValue: 'small'
     Configurations:
     - cp1w1ws0