diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index 3379711..20c8135 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export const EXT_COMMON_NAME = "PoiEx";
 export const EXT_NAME = "poiex";
 export const SEMGREP_TIMEOUT_MS = 240 * 1000; // Semgrep timeout to be used when scanning HCL files
+export const SEMGREP_MAX_BUFFER = 1024 * 1024 * 20; // 20MB
 export const REMOTEDB_INIT_TIMEOUT_MS = 10 * 1000;
 export const RW_CHECK_COLLECTION = "readWriteCheckCollection";
 export const PROJECT_DIR_COLLECTION = "projectDir";
diff --git a/src/semgrep.ts b/src/semgrep.ts
index 6985ce8..8a51c1d 100644
--- a/src/semgrep.ts
+++ b/src/semgrep.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export async function runSemgrep(context: vscode.ExtensionContext, path: string,
 
     let execFile = util.promisify(child_process.execFile);
     try {
-        let {stderr, stdout} = await execFile(semgrepPath, semgrepArgsArray, { timeout: semgrepTimeout * 1000, cwd: path, maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024 * 2 });
+        let {stderr, stdout} = await execFile(semgrepPath, semgrepArgsArray, { timeout: semgrepTimeout * 1000, cwd: path, maxBuffer: constants.SEMGREP_MAX_BUFFER });
         if (stderr) {
             console.log(`[IaC Semgrep] stderr: ${stderr}`);
             vscode.window.showErrorMessage(`Semgrep error: ${stderr}`);
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export async function runSemgrepHcl(context: vscode.ExtensionContext, wspath: st
     let execFile = util.promisify(child_process.execFile);
 
     try {
-        let {stderr, stdout} = await execFile(semgrepPath, semgrepArgsArray, { timeout: SEMGREP_TIMEOUT_MS, cwd: wspath, maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024 * 2 });
+        let {stderr, stdout} = await execFile(semgrepPath, semgrepArgsArray, { timeout: SEMGREP_TIMEOUT_MS, cwd: wspath, maxBuffer: constants.SEMGREP_MAX_BUFFER });
         if (stderr) {
             console.log(`[IaC Semgrep] stderr: ${stderr}`);
             vscode.window.showErrorMessage(`Semgrep error: ${stderr}`);