diff --git a/contract/build.gradle.kts b/contract/build.gradle.kts
index dce4ddc..26bcc62 100644
--- a/contract/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/contract/build.gradle.kts
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ dependencies {
 tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
     useJUnitPlatform()
     maxParallelForks = 2
-    maxHeapSize = "4096M"
+    maxHeapSize = "8192M"
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 5504317..0000000
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx128M -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=2048m