diff --git a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/motif_decorator/runtime b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/motif_decorator/runtime
index 95e8827269..485bd0b5fc 100644
--- a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/motif_decorator/runtime
+++ b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/motif_decorator/runtime
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<runtime ram="8M" caps="400" binary="decorator">
+<runtime ram="16M" caps="400" binary="decorator">
 
 	<requires>
 		<rom label="window_layout"/>
diff --git a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/motif_wm/runtime b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/motif_wm/runtime
index 002b90d29b..c16988b869 100644
--- a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/motif_wm/runtime
+++ b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/motif_wm/runtime
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<runtime ram="40M" caps="1000" binary="init" config="wm.config">
+<runtime ram="48M" caps="1000" binary="init" config="wm.config">
 
 	<requires>
 		<gui label="focus"/>
diff --git a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/sticks_blue_backdrop/runtime b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/sticks_blue_backdrop/runtime
index 25f37f37c0..83a2752cde 100644
--- a/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/sticks_blue_backdrop/runtime
+++ b/repos/gems/recipes/pkg/sticks_blue_backdrop/runtime
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<runtime ram="64M" caps="300" binary="backdrop" config="backdrop.config">
+<runtime ram="76M" caps="300" binary="backdrop" config="backdrop.config">
 
 	<requires> <gui/> </requires>