diff --git a/tools/run_tests/stress_test/configs/java.json b/tools/run_tests/stress_test/configs/java.json
index 2ce6c007804..c07d75e79de 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/stress_test/configs/java.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/stress_test/configs/java.json
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
         "metricsArgs": {
           "metrics_server_address": "localhost:8081",
           "total_only": "true"
+        },
+        "env": {
+          "STRESSTEST_CLIENT_OPTS":"-Xmx3g -Xms3g -XX:NewSize=1.5g -XX:MaxNewSize=1.5g"
         }
       }
     },
@@ -44,7 +47,10 @@
         "serverPort": 8080,
         "serverArgs": {
           "port": 8080,
-		  "use_tls": "false"
+          "use_tls": "false"
+        },
+        "env": {
+          "TEST_SERVER_OPTS":"-Xmx3g -Xms3g -XX:NewSize=1.5g -XX:MaxNewSize=1.5g"
         }
       }
     },