diff --git a/.circleci/config.continue.yml.j2 b/.circleci/config.continue.yml.j2
index 2c17434b253..1cb2a69fca2 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.continue.yml.j2
+++ b/.circleci/config.continue.yml.j2
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ jobs:
           name: Build Project
           command: >-
             MAVEN_OPTS="-Xms64M -Xmx256M"
-            GRADLE_OPTS="-Dorg.gradle.jvmargs='-Xmx2G -Xms2G -XX:ErrorFile=/tmp/hs_err_pid%p.log -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=/tmp'"
+            GRADLE_OPTS="-Dorg.gradle.jvmargs='-Xmx2560M -Xms2560M -XX:ErrorFile=/tmp/hs_err_pid%p.log -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=/tmp'"
             ./gradlew clean
             << parameters.gradleTarget >>
             -PskipTests