ReactNative 0.59.x build fails on CircleCI with exit value 137

When building the app on CircleCI for v0.59.x it gives me the following error (It used to work fine till v0.57.8):

[12:45:19]: ▸ Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
[12:45:19]: ▸ Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
[12:45:19]: ▸ > Task :react-native-svg:processReleaseJavaRes NO-SOURCE
[12:45:19]: ▸ > Task :react-native-svg:transformClassesAndResourcesWithPrepareIntermediateJarsForRelease
[12:45:19]: ▸ > Task :app:javaPreCompileQa
[12:45:44]: ▸ > Task :app:bundleQaJsAndAssets
[12:45:44]: ▸ warning: the transform cache was reset.
[12:46:00]: ▸ Loading dependency graph, done.
[12:46:19]: ▸ > Task :app:bundleQaJsAndAssets FAILED
[12:46:19]: ▸ FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
[12:46:19]: ▸ * What went wrong:
[12:46:19]: ▸ Execution failed for task ':app:bundleQaJsAndAssets'.
[12:46:19]: ▸ > Process 'command 'node'' finished with non-zero exit value 137

I figure this has something to do with memory or Gradle/Java options because the build works fine on my local machine (./gradlew assembleRelease)

Useful snippets from circle config:

jobs:
  make-android:
    ...
    docker:
      - image: circleci/android:api-28-node8-alpha
    environment:
      TERM: dumb
      # JAVA_OPTS...
      # GRADLE_OPTS...
    steps:
      - checkout:
          path: *root_dir
      - attach_workspace:
          at: *root_dir
      - run:
          name: Build the app
          no_output_timeout: 30m
          command: bundle exec fastlane make

And fastlane make is

gradle(task: "clean")
gradle(task: "assembleRelease")

I tried multiple JAVA_OPTS and GRADE_OPTS, including removing them (it used to work fine with no _OPTS with v0.57.8)

JAVA_OPTS: "-Xms512m -Xmx4096m"
GRADLE_OPTS: -Xmx4096m -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-Xms512m -Xmx4096m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError"

JAVA_OPTS: "-Xms512m -Xmx2048m"
GRADLE_OPTS: -Xmx2048m -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-Xmx2048m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError"

I also have this in android/app/build.gradle

dexOptions {
    javaMaxHeapSize "2g"
    preDexLibraries false
}