diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-image-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-image-checks.yml
index a4954d0344579..f9df6a2d3e3ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-image-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-image-checks.yml
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683  # v4.2.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
+      - name: "Free up disk space"
+        shell: bash
+        run: ./scripts/tools/free_up_disk_space.sh
       - name: "Prepare breeze & CI image: ${{ inputs.default-python-version }}"
         uses: ./.github/actions/prepare_breeze_and_image
         with: