diff --git a/data-processing-lib/ray/src/data_processing_ray/runtime/ray/ray_utils.py b/data-processing-lib/ray/src/data_processing_ray/runtime/ray/ray_utils.py
index c7362ef5e..5225508fb 100644
--- a/data-processing-lib/ray/src/data_processing_ray/runtime/ray/ray_utils.py
+++ b/data-processing-lib/ray/src/data_processing_ray/runtime/ray/ray_utils.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def operator() -> ActorHandle:
 
         cls_name = clazz.__class__.__name__.replace('ActorClass(', '').replace(')','')
         actors = [operator() for _ in range(n_actors)]
-        for i in range(60):
+        for i in range(120):
             time.sleep(1)
             alive = list_actors(filters=[("class_name", "=", cls_name), ("state", "=", "ALIVE")])
             if len(actors) == len(alive):
diff --git a/kfp/kfp_support_lib/shared_workflow_support/src/runtime_utils/kfp_utils.py b/kfp/kfp_support_lib/shared_workflow_support/src/runtime_utils/kfp_utils.py
index 73b6a5cd4..7fa76453f 100644
--- a/kfp/kfp_support_lib/shared_workflow_support/src/runtime_utils/kfp_utils.py
+++ b/kfp/kfp_support_lib/shared_workflow_support/src/runtime_utils/kfp_utils.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def default_compute_execution_params(
         cluster_gpu = w_options["replicas"] * w_options.get("gpu", 0.0)
         logger.info(f"Cluster available CPUs {cluster_cpu}, Memory {cluster_mem}, GPUs {cluster_gpu}")
         # compute number of actors
-        n_actors_cpu = int(cluster_cpu * 0.85 / a_options.get("num_cpus", 0.5))
+        n_actors_cpu = int((cluster_cpu - 1) * 0.7 / a_options.get("num_cpus", 0.5))
         n_actors_memory = int(cluster_mem * 0.85 / (a_options.get("memory", GB) / GB))
         n_actors = min(n_actors_cpu, n_actors_memory)
         # Check if we need gpu calculations as well
diff --git a/transforms/universal/ededup/kfp_ray/src/ededup_compute_execution_params.py b/transforms/universal/ededup/kfp_ray/src/ededup_compute_execution_params.py
index a20a2e030..99bcb2fd3 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/ededup/kfp_ray/src/ededup_compute_execution_params.py
+++ b/transforms/universal/ededup/kfp_ray/src/ededup_compute_execution_params.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 ################################################################################
 
+
 def ededup_compute_execution_params(
     worker_options: dict,  # ray worker configuration
     actor_options: dict,  # actor's resource requirements
@@ -94,9 +95,9 @@ def ededup_compute_execution_params(
         )
         sys.exit(1)
     # Define number of workers
-    n_workers = int((0.85 * cluster_cpu - required_hash_cpu) / actor_cpu)
+    n_workers = int((0.85 * (cluster_cpu - 1) - required_hash_cpu) / actor_cpu)
     print(f"Number of workers - {n_workers}")
-    if n_workers < 2:
+    if n_workers < 0:
         print(f"Cluster is too small - estimated number of workers {n_workers}")
         sys.exit(1)
     # Limit amount of workers and processors to prevent S3 saturation
diff --git a/transforms/universal/fdedup/kfp_ray/fdedup_wf.py b/transforms/universal/fdedup/kfp_ray/fdedup_wf.py
index bb2cc3194..3156ab6f1 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/fdedup/kfp_ray/fdedup_wf.py
+++ b/transforms/universal/fdedup/kfp_ray/fdedup_wf.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def fdedup(
     data_max_files: int = -1,
     data_num_samples: int = -1,
     # orchestrator
-    runtime_actor_options: dict = {"num_cpus": 0.8},
+    runtime_actor_options: dict = {"num_cpus": 0.7},
     runtime_pipeline_id: str = "pipeline_id",
     runtime_code_location: dict = {'github': 'github', 'commit_hash': '12345', 'path': 'path'},
     # columns used
diff --git a/transforms/universal/fdedup/kfp_ray/src/fdedup_compute_execution_params.py b/transforms/universal/fdedup/kfp_ray/src/fdedup_compute_execution_params.py
index ebcecadb9..726200339 100644
--- a/transforms/universal/fdedup/kfp_ray/src/fdedup_compute_execution_params.py
+++ b/transforms/universal/fdedup/kfp_ray/src/fdedup_compute_execution_params.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def _false_negative_probability(ths: float, b: int, r: int) -> float:
     cluster_cpu = worker_options["replicas"] * worker_options["cpu"]
     cluster_memory = worker_options["replicas"] * worker_options["memory"]
     print(f"Cluster available CPUs {cluster_cpu}, Memory {cluster_memory}")
-    cluster_cpu *= 0.85
+    cluster_cpu -= 1
     cluster_memory *= 0.85
     # get actor requirements
     actor_cpu = actor_options["num_cpus"]
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def _false_negative_probability(ths: float, b: int, r: int) -> float:
     n_preprocessors = int(
         (0.85 * cluster_cpu - b_actors * bucket_cpu - m_actors * mhash_cpu - d_actors * doc_cpu) / actor_cpu
     )
-    if n_preprocessors < 0:
+    if n_preprocessors <= 0:
         print(f"Not enough CPUs to run fuzzy de duping, computed number of workers is {n_preprocessors}")
         print(f"Required bucket actors {b_actors}, minhash actors {m_actors}, document actors {d_actors}")
         print("Try to increase the size of the cluster")