Powershell: 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown

My backup script has been working fine until about 2 weeks ago. This is the error it is throwing. My machine has 8GB of ram and 100GB of free space. I am not sure if this is a limitation of power shell as my backups have grown to over 2.5 GB.

Here is the Full error from the script:

Downloading: jira_export_20161213_074520.zip to JIRA-backup-20161213.zip Invoke-WebRequest : Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown. At E:\Scripts\JiraBackup.ps1:44 char:5 + Invoke-WebRequest -Method Get -Headers @{"Accept"="/"} -WebSession $sessio ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Invoke-WebRequest], OutOfMemoryException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.OutOfMemoryException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand

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