diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index 723124dc731..ec1707fdc96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           TAG=osrm-backend-local
           # when `--memory-swap` value equals `--memory` it means container won't use swap
           # see https://docs.docker.com/config/containers/resource_constraints/#--memory-swap-details
-          MEMORY_ARGS="--memory=256m --memory-swap=256m"
+          MEMORY_ARGS="--memory=1g --memory-swap=1g"
           docker run $MEMORY_ARGS -t -v "${PWD}:/data" "${TAG}" osrm-extract -p /opt/car.lua /data/berlin-latest.osm.pbf
           docker run $MEMORY_ARGS -t -v "${PWD}:/data" "${TAG}" osrm-partition /data/berlin-latest.osrm
           docker run $MEMORY_ARGS -t -v "${PWD}:/data" "${TAG}" osrm-customize /data/berlin-latest.osrm