diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index aac7c9b4..620b55fe 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
 
 # Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
 # The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m
 
-# When configured, Gradle will run in incubating parallel mode.
-# This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
-# http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
-# org.gradle.parallel=true
+# use parallel execution
+org.gradle.parallel=true