diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 91af48f79f..f09dd41376 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -229,8 +229,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
-                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+                    <argLine>${argLine} -Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=1024m</argLine>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>