diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c0d03599cd6..4173a1951ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1954,6 +1954,9 @@
 	<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.9.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <maxmemory>2048m</maxmemory>
+        </configuration>
 	<reportSets>
 	  <reportSet>
 	    <id>devapi</id> <!-- full internal hbase api -->