diff --git a/docs/configuration/authentication/file.md b/docs/configuration/authentication/file.md
index a0225964..b0a830ad 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/authentication/file.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/authentication/file.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ authentication_backend:
       iterations: 1
       salt_length: 16
       parallelism: 8
-      memory: 1024
+      memory: 64
 ```
 
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Flags:
   -h, --help              help for hash-password
   -i, --iterations int    set the number of hashing iterations (default 1)
   -k, --key-length int    [argon2id] set the key length param (default 32)
-  -m, --memory int        [argon2id] set the amount of memory param (in MB) (default 1024)
+  -m, --memory int        [argon2id] set the amount of memory param (in MB) (default 64)
   -p, --parallelism int   [argon2id] set the parallelism param (default 8)
   -s, --salt string       set the salt string
   -l, --salt-length int   set the auto-generated salt length (default 16)
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ parameters below, or for a more in depth understanding see the referenced docume
 #### memory
  - Value Type: Int
  - Possible Value: at least `8` times the value of `parallelism`
- - Recommended: `1024‬‬` (1GB) or as much RAM as you can afford to give to hashing
+ - Recommended: `64` (64MB) or as much RAM as you can afford to give to hashing
  - What it Does: Sets the amount of RAM used in MB for hashing
 
 
diff --git a/internal/authentication/password_hash_test.go b/internal/authentication/password_hash_test.go
index 3436e9f2..a95f05b2 100644
--- a/internal/authentication/password_hash_test.go
+++ b/internal/authentication/password_hash_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestShouldHashArgon2idPassword(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, argon2id, code)
 	assert.Equal(t, "BpLnfgDsc2WD8F2q", salt)
-	assert.Equal(t, "O126GHPeZ5fwj7OLSs7PndXsTbje76R+QW9/EGfhkJg", key)
+	assert.Equal(t, "f+Y+KaS12gkNHN0Llc9kqDZuk1OYvoXj8t+5DcPbgY4", key)
 	assert.Equal(t, schema.DefaultCIPasswordConfiguration.Iterations, parameters.GetInt("t", HashingDefaultArgon2idTime))
 	assert.Equal(t, schema.DefaultCIPasswordConfiguration.Memory*1024, parameters.GetInt("m", HashingDefaultArgon2idMemory))
 	assert.Equal(t, schema.DefaultCIPasswordConfiguration.Parallelism, parameters.GetInt("p", HashingDefaultArgon2idParallelism))
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func TestShouldNotParseArgon2idHashWithWrongKeyLength(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestShouldParseArgon2idHash(t *testing.T) {
-	passwordHash, err := ParseHash("$argon2id$v=19$m=131072,t=1,p=8$BpLnfgDsc2WD8F2q$G4fD5nJwXHDMS+u0eEMKvU0LF23jxbSmJSxhSLTteHE")
+	passwordHash, err := ParseHash("$argon2id$v=19$m=65536,t=1,p=8$NEwwcVNuQWlQMFpkMndxdg$LlHjiLxPB94pdmOiNwr7Bgy+uy3huSv6y9phCQ+mLls")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, schema.DefaultCIPasswordConfiguration.Iterations, passwordHash.Iterations)
 	assert.Equal(t, schema.DefaultCIPasswordConfiguration.Parallelism, passwordHash.Parallelism)
diff --git a/internal/configuration/schema/authentication.go b/internal/configuration/schema/authentication.go
index 15e4a6f8..56a633c6 100644
--- a/internal/configuration/schema/authentication.go
+++ b/internal/configuration/schema/authentication.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ var DefaultPasswordConfiguration = PasswordConfiguration{
 	KeyLength:   32,
 	SaltLength:  16,
 	Algorithm:   argon2id,
-	Memory:      1024,
+	Memory:      64,
 	Parallelism: 8,
 }
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ var DefaultCIPasswordConfiguration = PasswordConfiguration{
 	KeyLength:   32,
 	SaltLength:  16,
 	Algorithm:   argon2id,
-	Memory:      128,
+	Memory:      64,
 	Parallelism: 8,
 }