diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e40ab426f913..38fa4a32ad7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ env:
   MAVEN: ./mvnw
   # maven.wagon.rto is in millis, defaults to 30m
   MAVEN_OPTS: "-Xmx512M -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError -Dmaven.wagon.rto=60000"
-  MAVEN_INSTALL_OPTS: "-Xmx2G -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError -Dmaven.wagon.rto=60000"
+  MAVEN_INSTALL_OPTS: "-Xmx3G -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError -Dmaven.wagon.rto=60000"
   MAVEN_FAST_INSTALL: "-B --strict-checksums -V --quiet -T C1 -DskipTests -Dmaven.source.skip=true -Dair.check.skip-all -P gib -Dgib.referenceBranch=refs/remotes/origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}"
   MAVEN_TEST: "-B --strict-checksums -Dmaven.source.skip=true -Dair.check.skip-all --fail-at-end -P gib -Dgib.referenceBranch=refs/remotes/origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}"
   RETRY: .github/bin/retry