diff --git a/.github/workflows/quarkus.yml b/.github/workflows/quarkus.yml
index 289551edb574..86ebda958508 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quarkus.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quarkus.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ env:
   DB_NAME: hibernate_orm_test
   DB_PASSWORD: hibernate_orm_test
   DB_USER: hibernate_orm_test
-  NATIVE_TEST_MAVEN_ARGS: "-Dtest-containers -Dstart-containers -Dquarkus.native.native-image-xmx=5g -Dnative -Dnative.surefire.skip -Dformat.skip -Dno-descriptor-tests install -DskipDocs -Dquarkus.native.container-build=false"
+  NATIVE_TEST_MAVEN_ARGS: "-Dtest-containers -Dstart-containers -Dquarkus.native.native-image-xmx=6g -Dnative -Dnative.surefire.skip -Dformat.skip -Dno-descriptor-tests install -DskipDocs -Dquarkus.native.container-build=false"
   QUARKUS_JAVA_VERSION: 17 # Use Java 17 to build Quarkus as that's the lowest supported JDK version currently
   QUARKUS_PATH: ${{ github.workspace }}/quarkus