diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4e97bd4739..1a8409df0f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ variables:
   POSTGRES_PASSWORD: 'password'
   POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD: 'trust'
   DEBIAN_FRONTEND: 'noninteractive'
+  NODE_OPTIONS: '--max_old_space_size=3072'
   CARGO_PROFILE_DEV_OPT_LEVEL: '0'
   CARGO_PROFILE_DEV_LTO: 'off'
   CARGO_PROFILE_DEV_DEBUG: 'none'
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 15c8e5a159..eea100f4ce 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ COPY packages/backend-rs packages/backend-rs/
 
 # Compile backend-rs
 RUN ln -s $(which gcc) /usr/bin/aarch64-linux-musl-gcc
-RUN NODE_ENV='production' pnpm run --filter backend-rs build
+RUN NODE_ENV='production' NODE_OPTIONS='--max_old_space_size=3072' pnpm run --filter backend-rs build
 
 # Copy/Overwrite index.js to mitigate the bug in napi-rs codegen
 COPY packages/backend-rs/index.js packages/backend-rs/built/index.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ RUN pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 COPY . ./
 
 # Build other workspaces
-RUN NODE_ENV='production' pnpm run --recursive --filter '!backend-rs' build && pnpm run build:assets
+RUN NODE_ENV='production' NODE_OPTIONS='--max_old_space_size=3072' pnpm run --recursive --filter '!backend-rs' build && pnpm run build:assets
 
 # Trim down the dependencies to only those for production
 RUN find . -path '*/node_modules/*' -delete && pnpm install --prod --frozen-lockfile