diff --git a/.github/workflows/dockerimage.yml b/.github/workflows/dockerimage.yml
index fe51bc720..380bd6784 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dockerimage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dockerimage.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,21 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
 
     steps:
+      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
+        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
+        with:
+          # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
+          # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
+          tool-cache: false
+
+          # all of these default to true, but feel free to set to
+          # "false" if necessary for your workflow
+          android: true
+          dotnet: true
+          haskell: true
+          large-packages: true
+          docker-images: true
+          swap-storage: true
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3