diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index bd4f535a2..ff04539bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -345,8 +345,41 @@ jobs:
         uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
       - name: Release space from worker
         run: |
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android # will release about 10 GB if you don't need Android
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet # will release about 20GB if you don't need .NET
+          echo "Listing top largest packages"
+          pkgs=$(dpkg-query -Wf '${Installed-Size}\t${Package}\t${Status}\n' | awk '$NF == "installed"{print $1 "\t" $2}' | sort -nr)
+          head -n 30 <<< "${pkgs}"
+          echo
+          df -h
+          echo
+          sudo apt-get remove -y '^llvm-.*|^libllvm.*' || true
+          sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove android-sdk-platform-tools || true
+          sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove android-sdk-platform-tools || true
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android
+          sudo apt-get remove -y '^dotnet-.*|^aspnetcore-.*' || true
+          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
+          sudo apt-get remove -y '^mono-.*' || true
+          sudo apt-get remove -y '^ghc-.*' || true
+          sudo apt-get remove -y '.*jdk.*|.*jre.*' || true
+          sudo apt-get remove -y 'php.*' || true
+          sudo apt-get remove -y hhvm || true
+          sudo apt-get remove -y powershell || true
+          sudo apt-get remove -y firefox || true
+          sudo apt-get remove -y monodoc-manual || true
+          sudo apt-get remove -y msbuild || true
+          sudo apt-get remove -y microsoft-edge-stable || true
+          sudo apt-get remove -y '^google-.*' || true
+          sudo apt-get remove -y azure-cli || true
+          sudo apt-get remove -y '^mongo.*-.*|^postgresql-.*|^mysql-.*|^mssql-.*' || true
+          sudo apt-get remove -y '^gfortran-.*' || true
+          sudo apt-get autoremove -y
+          sudo apt-get clean
+          echo
+          echo "Listing top largest packages"
+          pkgs=$(dpkg-query -Wf '${Installed-Size}\t${Package}\t${Status}\n' | awk '$NF == "installed"{print $1 "\t" $2}' | sort -nr)
+          head -n 30 <<< "${pkgs}"
+          echo
+          sudo rm -rfv build || true
+          df -h
       - name: Install earthly
         uses: Luet-lab/luet-install-action@v1.1
         with: