diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 13f2634172..5f31059e4a 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
 # The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
 # Less than 2G definitely slows things down. -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4G -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2G -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 
 # Activating will be much faster, but break the build of 'poi-ooxml-lite'
 # @todo: look into poi-ooxml-lite task generateModuleInfo and enforce running whatever is needed before