diff --git a/.github/workflows/kogito-examples-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/kogito-examples-pr.yml
index 4a1da550c0..ea37a7b670 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kogito-examples-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kogito-examples-pr.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     concurrency:
       group: kogito_examples_pr-${{ github.head_ref }}
       cancel-in-progress: true
-    timeout-minutes: 180
+    timeout-minutes: 360
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ jobs:
           cache-key-prefix: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.java-version }}-maven${{ matrix.maven-version }}
       - name: Build Chain
         uses: kiegroup/kogito-pipelines/.ci/actions/build-chain@main
+        env:
+          MAVEN_OPTS: -Xms1024m -Xmx6g -XX:MetaspaceSize=128m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m
         with:
           annotations-prefix: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.java-version }}/${{ matrix.maven-version }}
           github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"