diff --git a/Policyfile.rb b/Policyfile.rb
index 201343b..ba751fb 100644
--- a/Policyfile.rb
+++ b/Policyfile.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 # Test attributes
 default['nexus3_test']['connection_retries'] = 10
+default['nexus3']['desired_heap_size'] = '2G'
 default['nexus3']['api']['sensitive'] = false
 
 # Constraints for Chef 14 :(