diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 659a1570e9af546f1a7cc2a67bb9f43c4011d8ef..8d32dcb75e703d98aa082bb93235315e435483ef 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ variables:
 
 .build_flutter_base:
   variables:
+    COMPOSE_PARALLEL_LIMIT: 1 # memory constraints
     BUILD_ARGS: FLUTTER_VERSION=${VERSION}
 
 "3.24.5":