diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a7a3e0b30..12dbe2852 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 					<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 					<version>2.5</version>
 					<configuration>
-						<argLine>-Xms256m -Xmx1024m</argLine>
+						<argLine>-Xms256m -Xmx1536m</argLine>
 					</configuration>
 				</plugin>
 			</plugins>