diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a670fb29d..2b9b9cd8b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -777,14 +777,16 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2</version>
+                <version>2.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <formats>
                         <format>xml</format>
                         <format>html</format>
                     </formats>
+                    <maxmem>512M</maxmem>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
 </project>