diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index bc239ab4ba..ed6d237aa1 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.warning.mode=all
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g -XX:+UseParallelGC
 
 android.enableJetifier=true
 android.useAndroidX=true