diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 1af0818ddc..4a8fa6c9c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Assemble
         run: |
           mkdir -p "$HOME/.gradle"
-          echo "org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError" > "$HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties"
+          echo "org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx3g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError" > "$HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties"
           ./gradlew assembleDebug
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
         uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@fdbfb4d2750291e159f0156def62b853c2798ca2 # v4.31.5