diff --git a/metadata/com.artifex.mupdf.viewer.app.yml b/metadata/com.artifex.mupdf.viewer.app.yml
index b6e72a8f32..7bdf009e1f 100644
--- a/metadata/com.artifex.mupdf.viewer.app.yml
+++ b/metadata/com.artifex.mupdf.viewer.app.yml
@@ -803,7 +803,8 @@ Builds:
         ../build.gradle ../*/build.gradle
       - sed -i -e 's/enable true/enable false/' build.gradle
       - sed -i -e "s/'-j4'/'-j`nproc`'/" ../jni/build.gradle
-      - echo 'ABI_FILTERS=armeabi-v7a,arm64-v8a,x86' >> ../gradle.properties
+      - echo -e 'ABI_FILTERS=armeabi-v7a,arm64-v8a,x86\norg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g'
+        >> ../gradle.properties
     scandelete:
       - jni/libmupdf/thirdparty
       - jni/libmupdf/platform/wasm