diff --git a/plugins/api/rate-limit/pom.xml b/plugins/api/rate-limit/pom.xml
index 43e0848f9f1..faa73c32b82 100644
--- a/plugins/api/rate-limit/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/api/rate-limit/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine>
+          <forkMode>always</forkMode>
+          <argLine>-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=1024m</argLine>
           <excludes>
             <exclude>org/apache/cloudstack/ratelimit/integration/*</exclude>
           </excludes>