diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 189f0e2f0..6128d43aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ jobs:
           name: publish-stage-id
           path: ci-release-helper/repoid
 
+      - name: Release RAM
+        run: node ci-release-helper/scripts/kill-java.js
+
       - name: Publish to maven central
         run: ./gradlew runcihelper --args publish-to-maven-central --scan "-Pcihelper.cert.username=${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }}" "-Pcihelper.cert.password=${{ secrets.SONATYPE_KEY }}"
 
@@ -267,6 +270,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Initialize Publishing Caching Repository
         run: ./gradlew runcihelper --args sync-maven-metadata ${{ env.gradleArgs }}
 
+      - name: Release RAM
+        run: node ci-release-helper/scripts/kill-java.js
+
       #      # Parallel compilation will exhaust machine memory causing OOM
       #      - name: Assemble
       #        run: ./gradlew assemble ${{ env.gradleArgs }} "-Porg.gradle.parallel=${{ matrix.parallelCompilation }}"
@@ -289,6 +295,9 @@ jobs:
           name: publish-stage-id
           path: ci-release-helper/repoid
 
+      - name: Release RAM
+        run: node ci-release-helper/scripts/kill-java.js
+
       - name: Publish to maven central
         run: ./gradlew runcihelper --args publish-to-maven-central --scan "-Pcihelper.cert.username=${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }}" "-Pcihelper.cert.password=${{ secrets.SONATYPE_KEY }}"
 
diff --git a/ci-release-helper/scripts/kill-java.js b/ci-release-helper/scripts/kill-java.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d08f97ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-release-helper/scripts/kill-java.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-2022 Mamoe Technologies and contributors.
+ *
+ * 此源代码的使用受 GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE version 3 许可证的约束, 可以在以下链接找到该许可证.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the GNU AGPLv3 license that can be found through the following link.
+ *
+ * https://github.com/mamoe/mirai/blob/dev/LICENSE
+ */
+
+
+let ostype = require('os').type();
+let child_process = require('child_process');
+
+if (ostype.toLowerCase().indexOf('windows') !== -1) {
+    child_process.spawnSync('taskkill',
+        ['/f', '/im', 'java*'],
+        {
+            stdio: "inherit"
+        }
+    );
+} else {
+    child_process.spawnSync('pkill',
+        ['-9', 'java'],
+        {
+            stdio: "inherit"
+        }
+    );
+}