diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index c183e8e3d91..9635b544e51 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ steps:
     ${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER} --no-pull-enterprise
   depends_on:
   - initialize
+  environment:
+    NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=8192
   image: grafana/build-container:1.4.8
   name: build-frontend
 - commands:
@@ -538,6 +540,8 @@ steps:
     ${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER} --no-pull-enterprise
   depends_on:
   - initialize
+  environment:
+    NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=8192
   image: grafana/build-container:1.4.8
   name: build-frontend
 - commands:
@@ -1057,6 +1061,8 @@ steps:
     --edition oss --no-pull-enterprise ${DRONE_TAG}
   depends_on:
   - initialize
+  environment:
+    NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=8192
   image: grafana/build-container:1.4.8
   name: build-frontend
 - commands:
@@ -1491,6 +1497,8 @@ steps:
     --edition enterprise --no-pull-enterprise ${DRONE_TAG}
   depends_on:
   - initialize
+  environment:
+    NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=8192
   image: grafana/build-container:1.4.8
   name: build-frontend
 - commands:
@@ -2140,6 +2148,8 @@ steps:
     --edition oss --no-pull-enterprise v7.3.0-test
   depends_on:
   - initialize
+  environment:
+    NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=8192
   image: grafana/build-container:1.4.8
   name: build-frontend
 - commands:
@@ -2563,6 +2573,8 @@ steps:
     --edition enterprise --no-pull-enterprise v7.3.0-test
   depends_on:
   - initialize
+  environment:
+    NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=8192
   image: grafana/build-container:1.4.8
   name: build-frontend
 - commands:
@@ -3207,6 +3219,8 @@ steps:
     ${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER} --no-pull-enterprise
   depends_on:
   - initialize
+  environment:
+    NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=8192
   image: grafana/build-container:1.4.8
   name: build-frontend
 - commands:
@@ -3599,6 +3613,8 @@ steps:
     ${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER} --no-pull-enterprise
   depends_on:
   - initialize
+  environment:
+    NODE_OPTIONS: --max_old_space_size=8192
   image: grafana/build-container:1.4.8
   name: build-frontend
 - commands:
@@ -4079,6 +4095,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: drone_token
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: c9d51d6a809f62f628b57da048cf136a0dd34d465225b8c2cf88aaf0111d5423
+hmac: 31f5180f896814c34592167cd2fbd9892df58e6cd1359868d9772490dbfe30a6
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
index 88bbd67f04a..0ba52b53431 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ def build_frontend_step(edition, ver_mode, is_downstream=False):
         'depends_on': [
             'initialize',
         ],
+        'environment': {
+            'NODE_OPTIONS': '--max_old_space_size=8192',
+        },
         'commands': cmds,
     }