diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-tests.yml
index 7ba24d0..9a1fc9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-tests.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ jobs:
           distribution: zulu
 
       - name: Build with Maven
+        env:
+          MAVEN_OPTS: -Xms256m -Xmx3g -XX:+UseG1GC
         run: mvn -B package --file pom.xml -Dmaven.test.skip=true
 
       - name: Docker Pull HTTP client