diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-ubuntu/action.yaml b/.github/actions/setup-ubuntu/action.yaml
index da66e929c..65a950d03 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-ubuntu/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-ubuntu/action.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ runs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       # Shell must explicitly specify the shell for each step. https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/18597
       shell: bash
-      run: sudo apt install -y make direnv unzip lz4 wget curl npm jq pv coreutils libudev-dev
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y make direnv unzip lz4 wget curl npm jq pv coreutils libudev-dev
     - name: Setup npm
       uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 55cf9ada7..18738471c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
+        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@v1.3.1
+        with: # bool variable is used to determine if the package should be removed or not
+          tool-cache: false # pre-cached tools (Node, Go, Python, Ruby). Saves ~6GB. Total CI impact: +90s (30s cleanup + 60s re-download)
+          docker-images: false # cached Docker images. Saves ~5-10GB. Total CI impact: +110s (20s cleanup + 90s re-pull goreleaser-cross)
+          swap-storage: false # swap storage. Saves ~4GB disk but risks OOM during parallel goreleaser builds. Keep swap for safety.
+          android: true # Android SDK. Saves ~14GB. Total CI impact: +30s (not used in build)
+          dotnet: true # .NET runtime. Saves ~2.7GB. Total CI impact: +10s (not used in build)
+          haskell: true # Haskell (GHC). Saves ~5GB. Total CI impact: +10s (not used in build)
+          large-packages: true # large packages (llvm, php, mysql, etc). Saves ~5.3GB. Total CI impact: +60s (not used in build)
       - name: Setup environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-ubuntu
       - run: make bins