diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index dd0e3f95..8776f75d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    env:
+      SBT_OPTS: "-Xms2048m -Xmx2048m -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=128M -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512M -Xss2m -XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:+UseParallelGC"
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -126,6 +129,7 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       CI: true
+      SBT_OPTS: "-Xms1024m -Xmx1024m -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=128M -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512M -Xss2m -XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:+UseParallelGC"
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -138,8 +142,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: graalvm/setup-graalvm@v1
         with:
-          version: '22.3.1'
           java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'graalvm'
           components: 'native-image'
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           native-image-job-reports: 'true'
diff --git a/backend/.sbtopts b/backend/.sbtopts
index e5e59b89..3b630f6a 100644
--- a/backend/.sbtopts
+++ b/backend/.sbtopts
@@ -1,9 +1 @@
--J-Xms1536m
--J-Xmx1536m
--J-XX:+AlwaysPreTouch
--J-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=128M
--J-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512M
--J-Xss2m
--J-XX:+TieredCompilation
--J-XX:+UseParallelGC
 -Dsbt.io.implicit.relative.glob.conversion=allow
diff --git a/backend/build.sbt b/backend/build.sbt
index f180f9a9..a81df776 100644
--- a/backend/build.sbt
+++ b/backend/build.sbt
@@ -143,9 +143,11 @@ lazy val `mockingbird-native` = (project in file("mockingbird-native"))
     Compile / run / mainClass := Some("ru.tinkoff.tcb.mockingbird.Mockingbird"),
     Compile / packageDoc / mappings := Seq(),
     GraalVMNativeImage / mainClass := Some("ru.tinkoff.tcb.mockingbird.Mockingbird"),
-    GraalVMNativeImage / graalVMNativeImageOptions ++= Seq("-H:+StaticExecutableWithDynamicLibC").filter(_ =>
-      dockerize.value
-    ),
+    GraalVMNativeImage / graalVMNativeImageOptions ++= Seq(
+      "-J-Xmx5632m", // Required to fit native-image runtime heap in Standard GitHub-hosted runners
+      "-H:+StaticExecutableWithDynamicLibC",
+      "--gc=G1"
+    ).filter(_ => dockerize.value),
     nativeImageInstalled := true,
     nativeImageAgentMerge := true,
     run / javaOptions += "-Dconfig.resource=local.conf",
diff --git a/backend/mockingbird-native/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/ru.tinkoff.tcb/mockingbird/native-image.properties b/backend/mockingbird-native/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/ru.tinkoff.tcb/mockingbird/native-image.properties
index 7eddc68a..db126c40 100644
--- a/backend/mockingbird-native/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/ru.tinkoff.tcb/mockingbird/native-image.properties
+++ b/backend/mockingbird-native/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/ru.tinkoff.tcb/mockingbird/native-image.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Args = -H:+AddAllCharsets \
+-H:+BuildReport \
 --no-fallback \
 --initialize-at-run-time=io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap,\
 io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap,\