diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a388a322..5e0ec6c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,22 @@ jobs:
       CGO_ENABLED: 0
 
     steps:
+
+      # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/free-disk-space-ubuntu
+      - name: Free Disk Space
+        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
+        with:
+          # this might remove tools that are actually needed
+          tool-cache: false
+
+          # all of these default to true
+          android: true
+          dotnet: true
+          haskell: true
+          large-packages: true
+          docker-images: true
+          swap-storage: false
+
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with: