diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 978a933e0..e88ef06b6 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ hibernate.version=5.2.11.Final
 
 lucene.version=7.2.1
 
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit
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+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit
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