diff --git a/Testing/build.xml b/Testing/build.xml
index 2757fa74f1..5e8c3d9cfb 100644
--- a/Testing/build.xml
+++ b/Testing/build.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
                 <jvmarg line="${test.run.args}"/>
                 <!--  should be in sync with project.properties and build.xml of autopsy main project -->
                 <!-- disable for now, causes issues with Java 7 -->
-                <!-- <jvmarg line="-J-Xms24m -J-Xmx768m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=256M -J-Xverify:none"/>  -->
+                <!-- <jvmarg line="-J-Xms24m -J-Xmx512m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=128M -J-Xverify:none"/>  -->
                 <sysproperty key="img_path" value="${img_path}"/>
                 <sysproperty key="gold_path" value="${gold_path}"/>
                 <sysproperty key="out_path" value="${out_path}"/>
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index f6f22852f7..cbbefbee0b 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         <antcall target="copyExternalLibsToZip"></antcall>
         
         <property name="app.property.file" value="${zip-tmp}/${app.name}/etc/${app.name}.conf" />
-        <property name="jvm.options" value="&quot;--branding ${app.name} -J-Xms24m -J-Xmx768m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=256M -J-Xverify:none&quot;" />
+        <property name="jvm.options" value="&quot;--branding ${app.name} -J-Xms24m -J-Xmx512m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=128M -J-Xverify:none&quot;" />
         <propertyfile file="${app.property.file}">
             <!-- Note: can be higher on 64 bit systems, should be in sync with project.properties -->
             <entry key="default_options" value="@JVM_OPTIONS" />
diff --git a/nbproject/project.properties b/nbproject/project.properties
index 53a146f207..aa01b898f5 100644
--- a/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ build.type=DEVELOPMENT
 update_versions=false
 #custom JVM options
 #Note: can be higher on 64 bit systems, should be in sync with build.xml
-run.args.extra=-J-Xms24m -J-Xmx768m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=256M -J-Xverify:none
+run.args.extra=-J-Xms24m -J-Xmx512m -J-XX:MaxPermSize=128M -J-Xverify:none
 auxiliary.org-netbeans-modules-apisupport-installer.license-type=apache.v2
 auxiliary.org-netbeans-modules-apisupport-installer.os-linux=false
 auxiliary.org-netbeans-modules-apisupport-installer.os-macosx=false