diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 861c739ca..a0e9f3974 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ plugin.shadow.version=7.1.2
 # gradle properties
 #
 org.gradle.caching=true
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m
diff --git a/mqtt-cli-plugins/build.gradle.kts b/mqtt-cli-plugins/build.gradle.kts
index 3a4d8e9ab..2a07bc177 100644
--- a/mqtt-cli-plugins/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/mqtt-cli-plugins/build.gradle.kts
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ gradlePlugin {
         }
     }
 }
+
+tasks.withType<AbstractArchiveTask>().configureEach {
+    isPreserveFileTimestamps = false
+    isReproducibleFileOrder = true
+}