diff --git a/gradle/template.gradle.properties b/gradle/template.gradle.properties
index 362fabea3bb..71063c3c5fa 100644
--- a/gradle/template.gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle/template.gradle.properties
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ systemProp.file.encoding=UTF-8
 # Set up gradle JVM defaults.
 #
 # We also open up internal compiler modules for spotless/ google java format.
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1g -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=384m -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1 -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:ActiveProcessorCount=1 \
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1g -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256m -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1 -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:ActiveProcessorCount=1 \
  --add-exports jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED \
  --add-exports jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file=ALL-UNNAMED \
  --add-exports jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.parser=ALL-UNNAMED \