diff --git a/manifest.yml b/manifest.yml
index 4439afe..d36e2e6 100755
--- a/manifest.yml
+++ b/manifest.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 declared-services:
   cloudant-nodejs:
     label: cloudantNoSQLDB
-    plan: Shared
+    plan: Lite
 applications:
 - path: .
   memory: 256M
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ applications:
   host: NodeJSCloudantSampleApp
   disk_quota: 1024M
   services:
-  - cloudant-nodejs
\ No newline at end of file
+  - cloudant-nodejs