diff --git a/tests/main/aux-info/task.yaml b/tests/main/aux-info/task.yaml
index ff176b4e8ae..0459c468f8f 100644
--- a/tests/main/aux-info/task.yaml
+++ b/tests/main/aux-info/task.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ details: |
 
 systems: [ubuntu-18.04-64, ubuntu-2*, ubuntu-core-*, fedora-*]
 
+environment:
+    # we unfortunately run out of memory while setting up the snap-store
+    SNAPD_NO_MEMORY_LIMIT: 1
+
 prepare: |
   snap install snap-store