diff --git a/.devfile.yaml b/.devfile.yaml
index e5422a03..790ddf1f 100644
--- a/.devfile.yaml
+++ b/.devfile.yaml
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ components:
   - name: devtools
     container:
       image: quay.io/devfile/universal-developer-image:ubi9-latest
-      memoryLimit: 2Gi
+      memoryLimit: 6Gi
       memoryRequest: 256Mi