diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df36a02f9..ccf7193b9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -331,8 +331,8 @@
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-            "default": "-XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90 -Dsun.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true -Xmx1G -Xms100m -Xlog:disable",
-            "description": "Specifies extra VM arguments used to launch the Java Language Server. Eg. use `-XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90 -Dsun.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true -Xmx1G -Xms100m -Xlog:disable` to optimize memory usage with the parallel garbage collector",
+            "default": "-XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90 -Dsun.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true -Xmx2G -Xms100m -Xlog:disable",
+            "description": "Specifies extra VM arguments used to launch the Java Language Server. Eg. use `-XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90 -Dsun.zip.disableMemoryMapping=true -Xmx2G -Xms100m -Xlog:disable` to optimize memory usage with the parallel garbage collector",
             "scope": "machine-overridable",
             "order": 20
           },