diff --git a/grails-forge-core/src/main/java/org/grails/forge/feature/build/gradle/Gradle.java b/grails-forge-core/src/main/java/org/grails/forge/feature/build/gradle/Gradle.java
index 050bfde3..ecac5f39 100644
--- a/grails-forge-core/src/main/java/org/grails/forge/feature/build/gradle/Gradle.java
+++ b/grails-forge-core/src/main/java/org/grails/forge/feature/build/gradle/Gradle.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ private void configureDefaultGradleProps(GeneratorContext generatorContext) {
         generatorContext.getBuildProperties().put("org.gradle.caching", "true");
         generatorContext.getBuildProperties().put("org.gradle.daemon", "true");
         generatorContext.getBuildProperties().put("org.gradle.parallel", "true");
-        generatorContext.getBuildProperties().put("org.gradle.jvmArgs", "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx1024M");
+        generatorContext.getBuildProperties().put("org.gradle.jvmargs", "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx1024M");
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/build/gradle/GradleSpec.groovy b/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/build/gradle/GradleSpec.groovy
index dbd50989..80dbd19c 100644
--- a/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/build/gradle/GradleSpec.groovy
+++ b/grails-forge-core/src/test/groovy/org/grails/forge/build/gradle/GradleSpec.groovy
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class GradleSpec extends ApplicationContextSpec implements CommandOutputFixture
         gradleProps.contains("org.gradle.caching=true")
         gradleProps.contains("org.gradle.daemon=true")
         gradleProps.contains("org.gradle.parallel=true")
-        gradleProps.contains("org.gradle.jvmArgs=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx1024M")
+        gradleProps.contains("org.gradle.jvmargs=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx1024M")
     }
 
     void "test build gradle"() {