diff --git a/.github/ci-gradle.properties b/.github/ci-gradle.properties
index ff0a402fe..c117ced77 100644
--- a/.github/ci-gradle.properties
+++ b/.github/ci-gradle.properties
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 # If jvmargs is changed then the default values must also be included, see https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/19750
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-XX:+UseParallelGC -Xms3g -Xmx8g -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=2g -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Xms256m
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-XX:+UseParallelGC -Xms6g -Xmx12g -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=2g -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Xms256m
 
 org.gradle.daemon=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true