diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 24b3ba994..f7cd3016d 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 org.gradle.caching=true
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+# If jvmargs is changed then the default values must also be included, see https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/19750
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-XX:+UseParallelGC -Xmx4g -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=2g -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Xms256m
 # use parallel execution
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 # https://docs.gradle.org/7.6/userguide/configuration_cache.html