diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ed6559e8..aab5d714 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ jobs:
           sudo mv nextflow /usr/local/bin/
       - name: Run pipeline with profile ${{ matrix.tests }}
         run: |
-          nextflow run ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} -profile ${{ matrix.tests }},docker --outdir ./results
+          nextflow run ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} -profile ${{ matrix.tests }},docker --max_memory '6.GB' --outdir ./results