diff --git a/android/gradle.properties b/android/gradle.properties
index 184d3042..4f09ae9b 100644
--- a/android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx6144M
+# AAB universal-bundle packaging (AabFlinger.writeZip) OOMs at 6G because
+# parallel ForkJoinPool workers all share the heap while buffering compressed
+# native libs. Bumped to 10G + capped worker count to flatten the peak.
+# linux-beast Docker container has plenty of RAM; bump higher if needed.
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx10240M -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1024M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+org.gradle.workers.max=2
 android.enableR8=true
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true