diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7c58a1a3..75bc6da7 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ allprojects {
 
     test {
         systemProperty "java.util.logging.manager", "org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager"
+
+        maxHeapSize = '2g'
     }
     compileJava {
         options.encoding = 'UTF-8'