diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 6e051732..e17265dc 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ steps:
 
   - name: maven build
     image: maven:3-alpine
+    environment:
+      MAVEN_OPTS: "-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m"
     commands:
       - mvn clean package -Dmaven.test.skip=true
     volumes: