diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index bac02ac417..a62d20964e 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@
                                 <configuration>
                                     <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
                                     <quiet>true</quiet>
-                                    <additionalJOption>-J-Xmx256m</additionalJOption>
+                                    <maxmemory>256m</maxmemory>
                                 </configuration>
                                 <reportSets>
                                     <reportSet>
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@
                   <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
                   <version>2.8.1</version>
                   <configuration>
-                    <additionalJOption>-J-Xmx256m</additionalJOption>
+                    <maxmemory>256m</maxmemory>
                     <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
                     <quiet>true</quiet>
                     <links>