diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/pool/create_capacity.py b/src/tests/ftest/pool/create_capacity.py
index f8e009456e7..4d4e8caa06b 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/pool/create_capacity.py
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/pool/create_capacity.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """
 (C) Copyright 2021-2024 Intel Corporation.
+(C) Copyright 2026 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
 
 SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
 """
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ def test_create_pool_quantity(self):
             Verify that all the created pools exists after the restart
 
         :avocado: tags=all,daily_regression
-        :avocado: tags=hw,medium
+        :avocado: tags=cb,hw,medium
         :avocado: tags=pool
         :avocado: tags=PoolCreateCapacityTests,test_create_pool_quantity
         """
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/pool/create_capacity.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/pool/create_capacity.yaml
index 06fa03b82c8..66a6dd3b1cf 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/pool/create_capacity.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/pool/create_capacity.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ server_config:
   name: daos_server
   engines_per_host: 2
   restart_duration: 140
+  system_ram_reserved: 16
   engines:
     0:
       pinned_numa_node: 0