diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f4cfa1ccbb..79ef2c3a1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ jobs:
           version: 2025.7.12
       - uses: SonarSource/ci-github-actions/build-maven@v1
         id: build-maven
+        env:
+          MAVEN_OPTS: "-Xmx8g"
         with:
           deploy-pull-request: true
           sonar-platform: none # Prevent analysis
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           SONAR_HOST_URL: ${{ fromJSON(steps.secrets.outputs.vault).SONAR_HOST_URL }}
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ fromJSON(steps.secrets.outputs.vault).SONAR_TOKEN }}
+          MAVEN_OPTS: "-Xmx8g"
         run: |
           mvn verify --batch-mode -f sonar-java-plugin/pom.xml -Psanity -Dtest=SanityTest
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dbe90600be..fe8d04ed93 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.sonarsource.parent</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>85.0.0.3035</version>
+    <version>86.0.0.3040</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>org.sonarsource.java</groupId>