diff --git a/example/gradle.properties b/example/gradle.properties
index 015d8be77..145824193 100644
--- a/example/gradle.properties
+++ b/example/gradle.properties
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
 
 # Gradle
 # make sure this stays harmonized with other kaluga projects for daemon reuse
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx5g -Xms256m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=800m -XX:+UseParallelGC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx7g -Xms256m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=800m -XX:+UseParallelGC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 # not possible yet for kaluga
 # org.gradle.configuration-cache=true