diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Ghidra Code Coverage.launch b/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Ghidra Code Coverage.launch
index b21276478d..5b581992fe 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Ghidra Code Coverage.launch
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Ghidra Code Coverage.launch
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
-
+
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Ghidra.launch b/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Ghidra.launch
index 55365e4156..33d4a65c07 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Ghidra.launch
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Ghidra.launch
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@
-
+
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Headless.launch b/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Headless.launch
index 7898a844d7..a65c4e6219 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Headless.launch
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/Headless.launch
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@
-
+
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/JShell.launch b/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/JShell.launch
index d68455103e..a315f3bd02 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/JShell.launch
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/.launch/JShell.launch
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@
-
+
diff --git a/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/support/launch.properties b/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/support/launch.properties
index f13c8f1e5a..4608a4bbad 100644
--- a/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/support/launch.properties
+++ b/Ghidra/RuntimeScripts/support/launch.properties
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ VMARGS_WINDOWS=-Dlog4j.skipJansi=true
# Ghidra does not use class data sharing, so explicitly turn it off to avoid the warning.
VMARGS=-Xshare:off
+# Use JDK compact object headers
+VMARGS=-XX:+UseCompactObjectHeaders
+
# Restrict XML external access
VMARGS=-Djavax.xml.accessExternalDTD=
VMARGS=-Djavax.xml.accessExternalSchema=
diff --git a/gradle/javaTestProject.gradle b/gradle/javaTestProject.gradle
index de72136f9a..4f7f75db33 100644
--- a/gradle/javaTestProject.gradle
+++ b/gradle/javaTestProject.gradle
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ def initTestJVM(Task task, String rootDirName) {
'-Dcpu.core.override=8',
'-XX:ParallelGCThreads=8',
'-XX:+UseParallelGC',
+ '-XX:+UseCompactObjectHeaders',
'-Djava.awt.headless=false',
'-DDecompilerFunctionAnalyzer.enabled=false', // prevent long-winded analysis when testing (see DecompilerFunctionAnalyzer)
'-Dfile.encoding=UTF8',
diff --git a/gradle/root/test.gradle b/gradle/root/test.gradle
index 03d7f468da..0f94af6ac3 100644
--- a/gradle/root/test.gradle
+++ b/gradle/root/test.gradle
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ def initTestJVM(Task task, String rootDirName) {
'-Dcpu.core.override=8',
'-XX:ParallelGCThreads=8',
'-XX:+UseParallelGC',
+ '-XX:+UseCompactObjectHeaders',
'-Djava.awt.headless=false',
'-DDecompilerFunctionAnalyzer.enabled=false', // prevent long-winded analysis when testing (see DecompilerFunctionAnalyzer)
'-Dfile.encoding=UTF8',