diff --git a/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile b/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile
index aa33a62427c..93e09a5693f 100644
--- a/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ RUN pip install python-dateutil
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 # Avoid out of memory errors in builds
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-ENV MAVEN_OPTS -Xms256m -Xmx512m
+ENV MAVEN_OPTS -Xmx3g
 
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 # Everything past this point is either not needed for testing or breaks Yetus.