1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 33c99ca1aca..318d366b358 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -417,9 +417,10 @@
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <runOrder>random</runOrder>
+          <argLine>-Xmx256m</argLine>
           <systemPropertyVariables>
             <java.io.tmpdir>${project.build.directory}</java.io.tmpdir>
-            
+
             <!-- derby embedded database is used by unit tests -->
             <derby.stream.error.file>target/derby.log</derby.stream.error.file>
           </systemPropertyVariables>