diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_snapshot.yml
index 3354ab88a395e..28737bdefc60a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_snapshot.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ jobs:
         GPG_KEY: "not_used"
         GPG_PASSPHRASE: "not_used"
         GIT_REF: ${{ matrix.branch }}
+        MAVEN_MXM_OPT: 2g
       run: |
         while true
         do
diff --git a/dev/create-release/release-build.sh b/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
index f3571c4e48cf9..69494dc5107c5 100755
--- a/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
+++ b/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ git clean -d -f -x
 rm -f .gitignore
 cd ..
 
-export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xss128m -Xmx12g -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=1g"
+export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xss128m -Xmx${MAVEN_MXM_OPT:-12g} -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=1g"
 
 if [[ "$1" == "package" ]]; then
   # Source and binary tarballs