diff --git a/.github/workflows/podman-image.yml b/.github/workflows/podman-image.yml
index 19e13fd8eb..bce6d1937c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/podman-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/podman-image.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,21 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     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: false
+        docker-images: false
+        swap-storage: false
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Determine DockerHub image tags
       id: determine_dockerhub_tags