diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 893e4cb45f9..de754386761 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1765,9 +1765,7 @@
                             @{jacocoArgLine}
                             ${jdk.strong.encapsulation.argLine}
                             ${jdk.security.manager.allow.argLine}
-                            <!-- Bump up memory from 1.5 GB to 2 GB. This is particularly needed for JDK 17 where
-                            we have jfr profiler enabled which adds additional memory pressure. -->
-                            -Xmx2048m
+                            -Xmx2500m
                             -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=2500m
                             -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError
                             -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError