diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 6f59a29188..3f71162322 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2.0.12:
+ * Increase nodetool Xmx (CASSANDRA-7956)
  * Archive any commitlog segments present at startup (CASSANDRA-6904)
 
 
diff --git a/bin/nodetool b/bin/nodetool
index 31647e17a0..c5ee066ce2 100755
--- a/bin/nodetool
+++ b/bin/nodetool
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ case "`uname`" in
 esac
 
 "$JAVA" $JAVA_AGENT -cp "$CLASSPATH" \
-      -Xmx32m \
+      -Xmx128m \
       -Dlog4j.configuration=log4j-tools.properties \
       -Dstorage-config="$CASSANDRA_CONF" \
       org.apache.cassandra.tools.NodeCmd -p $JMX_PORT $ARGS