diff --git a/ios/sdk/sdk.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/ios/sdk/sdk.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index f54acb222..a5001538e 100644
--- a/ios/sdk/sdk.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/ios/sdk/sdk.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "export NODE_BINARY=node\n../../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh\n";
+			shellScript = "export NODE_BINARY=node\nexport NODE_ARGS=\"--max_old_space_size=4096\"\n../../node_modules/react-native/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh\n";
 		};
 		26796D8589142D80C8AFDA51 /* [CP] Check Pods Manifest.lock */ = {
 			isa = PBXShellScriptBuildPhase;