diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 8a51a3c23f..b0e3ed242e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
 
 group = sonia.scm
 version = 3.11.2-SNAPSHOT
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1024M
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g
 org.gradle.caching=true