diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 110cf4a8d..5d3b3ba38 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variables:
   # This will suppress any download for dependencies and plugins or upload messages which would clutter the console log.
   # `showDateTime` will show the passed time in milliseconds. You need to specify `--batch-mode` to make this work.
-  MAVEN_OPTS: "-Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2 -Dmaven.repo.local=$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.m2/repository -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=WARN -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx1024m"
+  MAVEN_OPTS: "-Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2 -Dmaven.repo.local=$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.m2/repository -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=WARN -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx3g"
   # As of Maven 3.3.0 instead of this you may define these options in `.mvn/maven.config` so the same config is used
   # when running from the command line.
   MAVEN_CLI_OPTS: "--batch-mode --errors --fail-fast --show-version"