diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/pom.xml b/spring-boot-cli/pom.xml
index 9ac21cfe244..03603f83973 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/pom.xml
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<argLine>-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m</argLine>
+				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>