diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bb410a65..29f891d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ env:
   # See:
   #  - https://stackoverflow.com/a/73708006
   #  - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73465937/apache-spark-3-3-0-breaks-on-java-17-with-cannot-access-class-sun-nio-ch-direct
+  JAVA_OPTS: -Xms6G -Xmx6G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256m -XX:+TieredCompilation -Dcommunity=false -Dquill.macro.log=false --add-exports java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED
   JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xms6G -Xmx6G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256m -XX:+TieredCompilation -Dcommunity=false -Dquill.macro.log=false --add-exports java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED
 
 jobs: