diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c9374fc34aef7..a458e27e10bcb 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import org.ajoberstar.grgit.Grgit
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 
 buildscript {
+ // rfkef
   repositories {
     mavenCentral()
   }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 8f3a7856ef61c..df3983040f22f 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ group=org.apache.kafka
 version=3.4.0-SNAPSHOT
 scalaVersion=2.13.8
 task=build
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g -Xss4m -XX:+UseParallelGC
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx16g -Xss32m -XX:+UseParallelGC
 org.gradle.parallel=true