diff --git a/cmd/codeqlExecuteScan_generated.go b/cmd/codeqlExecuteScan_generated.go
index ed7c5ba6e..1ee52d2cc 100644
--- a/cmd/codeqlExecuteScan_generated.go
+++ b/cmd/codeqlExecuteScan_generated.go
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func addCodeqlExecuteScanFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, stepConfig *codeqlExecuteScan
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.TargetGithubRepoURL, "targetGithubRepoURL", os.Getenv("PIPER_targetGithubRepoURL"), "")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.TargetGithubBranchName, "targetGithubBranchName", os.Getenv("PIPER_targetGithubBranchName"), "")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.Threads, "threads", `0`, "Use this many threads for the codeql operations.")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.Ram, "ram", os.Getenv("PIPER_ram"), "Use this much ram (MB) for the codeql operations.")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.Ram, "ram", `4000`, "Use this much ram (MB) for the codeql operations.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.AnalyzedRef, "analyzedRef", os.Getenv("PIPER_analyzedRef"), "Name of the ref that was analyzed.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.Repository, "repository", os.Getenv("PIPER_repository"), "URL of the GitHub instance")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.CommitID, "commitId", os.Getenv("PIPER_commitId"), "SHA of commit that was analyzed.")
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ func codeqlExecuteScanMetadata() config.StepData {
 						Type:        "string",
 						Mandatory:   false,
 						Aliases:     []config.Alias{},
-						Default:     os.Getenv("PIPER_ram"),
+						Default:     `4000`,
 					},
 					{
 						Name: "analyzedRef",
diff --git a/resources/metadata/codeqlExecuteScan.yaml b/resources/metadata/codeqlExecuteScan.yaml
index 7dc631343..17e8a1716 100644
--- a/resources/metadata/codeqlExecuteScan.yaml
+++ b/resources/metadata/codeqlExecuteScan.yaml
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ spec:
           - PARAMETERS
           - STAGES
           - STEPS
+        default: "4000"
       - name: analyzedRef
         type: string
         description: "Name of the ref that was analyzed."