diff --git a/git/release/output-metadata.json b/git/release/output-metadata.json
index 75cb888e9..9d505cb15 100644
--- a/git/release/output-metadata.json
+++ b/git/release/output-metadata.json
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
       "type": "SINGLE",
       "filters": [],
       "attributes": [],
-      "versionCode": 114,
-      "versionName": "1.5.3",
-      "outputFile": "monocles chat-1.5.3null-git-release.apk"
+      "versionCode": 115,
+      "versionName": "1.5.4",
+      "outputFile": "monocles chat-1.5.4null-git-release.apk"
     }
   ],
   "elementType": "File"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 8d943d677..461f10068 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
 #Sat Jan 22 19:25:52 CET 2022
 org.gradle.parallel=true
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m -XX:MaxPermSize=1024m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 android.enableJetifier=true
 android.useAndroidX=true
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