diff --git a/apitest/src/main/java/bisq/apitest/config/BisqAppConfig.java b/apitest/src/main/java/bisq/apitest/config/BisqAppConfig.java
index 08a7531ca3..bebea12b25 100644
--- a/apitest/src/main/java/bisq/apitest/config/BisqAppConfig.java
+++ b/apitest/src/main/java/bisq/apitest/config/BisqAppConfig.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public enum BisqAppConfig {
             49998),
     alicedesktop("bisq-BTC_REGTEST_Alice_dao",
             "bisq-desktop",
-            "-XX:MaxRAM=4g -Dlogback.configurationFile=apitest/build/resources/main/logback.xml",
+            "-XX:MaxRAM=6g -Dlogback.configurationFile=apitest/build/resources/main/logback.xml",
             BisqAppMain.class.getName(),
             7777,
             5122,
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public enum BisqAppConfig {
             49999),
     bobdesktop("bisq-BTC_REGTEST_Bob_dao",
             "bisq-desktop",
-            "-XX:MaxRAM=4g -Dlogback.configurationFile=apitest/build/resources/main/logback.xml",
+            "-XX:MaxRAM=6g -Dlogback.configurationFile=apitest/build/resources/main/logback.xml",
             BisqAppMain.class.getName(),
             8888,
             5123,
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f203ba35ea..ca3ce80fc5 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ configure([project(':cli'),
             if (applicationName == 'desktop') {
                 def script = file("${rootProject.projectDir}/bisq-$applicationName")
                 script.text = script.text.replace(
-                    'DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""', 'DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-XX:MaxRAM=4g"')
+                    'DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""', 'DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-XX:MaxRAM=6g"')
             }
 
             if (applicationName == 'apitest') {