diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index dacb2af56e..597b68290b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
             build-options: "-Ponlylinuxaarch64bionic"
           - container: wpilib/ubuntu-base:18.04
             artifact-name: Linux
-            build-options: ""
+            build-options: "-Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g"
     name: "Build - ${{ matrix.artifact-name }}"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: ${{ matrix.container }}