diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml
index 777ab10cb..728443c9f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
+          <argLine>-Xmx1024m -Xms512m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m</argLine>
           <systemPropertyVariables>
             <appserver.base>${project.build.directory}/appserver-base</appserver.base>
             <plexus.home>${project.build.directory}/appserver-base</plexus.home>