diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e743fb2e7..66ed27c68 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.19</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine>
+                    <argLine>@{argLine} -Xmx2048m</argLine>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>