diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 1e30a31..39986d7 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
 # Version of flipper SDK to use with React Native
 FLIPPER_VERSION=0.93.0
+# Increase Java heap size for compilation
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048M
+
+