diff --git a/tests/ci/k3d/values.yaml b/tests/ci/k3d/values.yaml
index 5474a1820f8fb9216a8e951769de04b27b03d6af..508cd74a4319b16e795e687aecfb2d9f6448c758 100644
--- a/tests/ci/k3d/values.yaml
+++ b/tests/ci/k3d/values.yaml
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ addons:
     values:
       persistence:
         # Do NOT set this below 4Gi, nexus will fail to boot
-        storageSize: 4Gi
+        storageSize: 5Gi
       nexus:
       # https://help.sonatype.com/repomanager3/installation/system-requirements#SystemRequirements-JVMDirectMemory
         env: