diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 6e2df2e9a14..52eb91c921d 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pipeline {
       steps {
         container('cdt') {
           timeout(activity: true, time: 30) {
-            withEnv(['MAVEN_OPTS=-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=85.0 -XX:+PrintFlagsFinal']) {
+            withEnv(['MAVEN_OPTS=-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50.0 -XX:+PrintFlagsFinal']) {
               sh 'MVN="/jipp/tools/apache-maven/latest/bin/mvn -Dmaven.repo.local=/home/jenkins/.m2/repository \
                         --settings /home/jenkins/.m2/settings.xml" ./releng/scripts/check_code_cleanliness_only.sh'
             }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pipeline {
       steps {
         container('cdt') {
           timeout(activity: true, time: 20) {
-            withEnv(['MAVEN_OPTS=-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=85.0 -XX:+PrintFlagsFinal']) {
+            withEnv(['MAVEN_OPTS=-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50.0 -XX:+PrintFlagsFinal']) {
               withCredentials([string(credentialsId: 'gpg-passphrase', variable: 'KEYRING_PASSPHRASE')]) {
                 sh '''/jipp/tools/apache-maven/latest/bin/mvn \
                       clean verify -B -V \
diff --git a/jenkins/pod-templates/cdt-full-pod-plus-eclipse-install.yaml b/jenkins/pod-templates/cdt-full-pod-plus-eclipse-install.yaml
index 7728bee973e..f84000f1930 100644
--- a/jenkins/pod-templates/cdt-full-pod-plus-eclipse-install.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/pod-templates/cdt-full-pod-plus-eclipse-install.yaml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ spec:
     args: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "/home/vnc/.vnc/xstartup.sh && cat"]
     resources:
       requests:
-        memory: "2662Mi"
+        memory: "10000Mi"
         cpu: "1"
       limits:
-        memory: "2662Mi"
+        memory: "10000Mi"
         cpu: "1"
     volumeMounts:
     - name: settings-xml