diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 2ac2d33ed..b0ec9a853 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ on: push
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      MAVEN_OPTS: "-Xmx128M"
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up JDK 1.8