diff --git a/config/nom_build.py b/config/nom_build.py
index 05a6c9ab9..45d02c9e7 100644
--- a/config/nom_build.py
+++ b/config/nom_build.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ PROPERTIES_HEADER = """\
 # nom_build), run ./nom_build --help.
 #
 # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1024m
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m
 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 """
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d991b10f7..5953aeba4 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # nom_build), run ./nom_build --help.
 #
 # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1024m
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m
 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 mavenUrl=