diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 9805a01bd7..08c16fe16c 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -816,6 +816,8 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-10894. Fix dead link in ToolRunner documentation. (Akira Ajisaka
     via Arpit Agarwal)
 
+    HADOOP-10910. Increase findbugs maxHeap size. (wang)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HADOOP-10514 SUBTASKS AND RELATED JIRAS
 
     HADOOP-10520. Extended attributes definition and FileSystem APIs for
diff --git a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
index dcb3875a12..7b25508edb 100644
--- a/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project-dist/pom.xml
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
         <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/dev-support/findbugsExcludeFile.xml</excludeFilterFile>
+          <fork>true</fork>
+          <maxHeap>2048</maxHeap>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>