diff --git a/src/targets/squirrelPack.ts b/src/targets/squirrelPack.ts
index 2db1d6d0610..3fd74e0045e 100644
--- a/src/targets/squirrelPack.ts
+++ b/src/targets/squirrelPack.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,9 @@ async function releasify(options: SquirrelOptions, nupkgPath: string, outputDire
     "--releasify", nupkgPath,
     "--releaseDir", outputDirectory
   ]
-  const out = (await exec(process.platform === "win32" ? path.join(options.vendorPath, "Update.com") : "mono", prepareArgs(args, path.join(options.vendorPath, "Update-Mono.exe")))).trim()
+  const out = (await exec(process.platform === "win32" ? path.join(options.vendorPath, "Update.com") : "mono", prepareArgs(args, path.join(options.vendorPath, "Update-Mono.exe")), {
+    maxBuffer: 4 * 1024000,
+  })).trim()
   if (debug.enabled) {
     debug(out)
   }