diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index ae029f4d67fe1..a34495dd7940f 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ group=org.apache.kafka
 version=2.6.0-SNAPSHOT
 scalaVersion=2.13.2
 task=build
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1024m -Xss2m
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g -Xss2m