diff --git a/hack/resources.hcl b/hack/resources.hcl
index 27f3e5c..d50f740 100644
--- a/hack/resources.hcl
+++ b/hack/resources.hcl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ job "resources" {
       driver = "pledge"
       config {
         command  = "/bin/cat"
-        args     = ["/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice/${NOMAD_ALLOC_ID}.${NOMAD_TASK_NAME}.scope/memory.max"]
+        args     = ["/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice/share.slice/${NOMAD_ALLOC_ID}.${NOMAD_TASK_NAME}.scope/memory.max"]
         promises = "stdio rpath"
         unveil   = ["r:/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice"]
       }
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ job "resources" {
       driver = "pledge"
       config {
         command  = "/bin/cat"
-        args     = ["/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice/${NOMAD_ALLOC_ID}.${NOMAD_TASK_NAME}.scope/memory.max"]
+        args     = ["/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice/share.slice/${NOMAD_ALLOC_ID}.${NOMAD_TASK_NAME}.scope/memory.max"]
         promises = "stdio rpath"
         unveil   = ["r:/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice"]
       }
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ job "resources" {
       driver = "pledge"
       config {
         command  = "/bin/cat"
-        args     = ["/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice/${NOMAD_ALLOC_ID}.${NOMAD_TASK_NAME}.scope/memory.low"]
+        args     = ["/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice/share.slice/${NOMAD_ALLOC_ID}.${NOMAD_TASK_NAME}.scope/memory.low"]
         promises = "stdio rpath"
         unveil   = ["r:/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice"]
       }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ job "resources" {
       driver = "pledge"
       config {
         command  = "/bin/cat"
-        args     = ["/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice/${NOMAD_ALLOC_ID}.${NOMAD_TASK_NAME}.scope/cpu.max"]
+        args     = ["/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice/share.slice/${NOMAD_ALLOC_ID}.${NOMAD_TASK_NAME}.scope/cpu.max"]
         promises = "stdio rpath"
         unveil   = ["r:/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice"]
       }
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/driver.go b/pkg/plugin/driver.go
index 1998928..4075ce8 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/driver.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/driver.go
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ func (p *PledgeDriver) StartTask(config *drivers.TaskConfig) (*drivers.TaskHandl
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to compute cpu bandwidth: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	p.logger.Trace("resources", "memory", memory, "memory_max", memoryMax, "bandwidth", bandwidth)
+	cores := config.Resources.NomadResources.Cpu.ReservedCores
+	p.logger.Trace("resources", "memory", memory, "memory_max", memoryMax, "bandwidth", bandwidth, "cores", cores)
 
 	// create the environment for pledge
 	env := &pledge.Environment{
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ func (p *PledgeDriver) StartTask(config *drivers.TaskConfig) (*drivers.TaskHandl
 		Env:       config.Env,
 		Dir:       config.TaskDir().Dir,
 		User:      config.User,
-		Cgroup:    p.cgroup(config.AllocID, config.Name),
+		Cgroup:    p.cgroup(config.AllocID, config.Name, cores),
 		Net:       netns(config),
 		Memory:    memory,
 		MemoryMax: memoryMax,
@@ -352,6 +353,9 @@ func (p *PledgeDriver) RecoverTask(handle *drivers.TaskHandle) error {
 
 	taskState.TaskConfig = handle.Config.Copy()
 
+	// cores reserved if any
+	cores := taskState.TaskConfig.Resources.NomadResources.Cpu.ReservedCores
+
 	// re-create the environment for pledge
 	env := &pledge.Environment{
 		Out:    util.NullCloser(nil),
@@ -359,7 +363,7 @@ func (p *PledgeDriver) RecoverTask(handle *drivers.TaskHandle) error {
 		Env:    handle.Config.Env,
 		Dir:    handle.Config.TaskDir().Dir,
 		User:   handle.Config.User,
-		Cgroup: p.cgroup(handle.Config.AllocID, handle.Config.Name),
+		Cgroup: p.cgroup(handle.Config.AllocID, handle.Config.Name, cores),
 	}
 
 	runner := pledge.Recover(taskState.PID, env)
@@ -515,6 +519,9 @@ func (p *PledgeDriver) ExecTask(taskID string, cmd []string, timeout time.Durati
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("ExecTask not implemented")
 }
 
-func (*PledgeDriver) cgroup(allocID, task string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice/%s.%s.scope", allocID, task)
+func (*PledgeDriver) cgroup(allocID, task string, cores []uint16) string {
+	if len(cores) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice/share.slice/%s.%s.scope", allocID, task)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("/sys/fs/cgroup/nomad.slice/reserve.slice/%s.%s.scope", allocID, task)
 }