diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag.yml b/.github/workflows/tag.yml
index 8f855fe2c71c..03b380b2bab2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,28 @@ jobs:
       GO_VERSION: '1.23'
       CHOCOLATEY_VERSION: 2.2.0
     steps:
+      # temporary workaround for an error in free disk space action
+      # https://github.com/jlumbroso/free-disk-space/issues/14
+      - name: Update Package List and Remove Dotnet
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get remove -y '^dotnet-.*'
+
+      # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/free-disk-space-ubuntu
+      - name: Free Disk Space
+        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
+        with:
+          # this might remove tools that are actually needed
+          tool-cache: false
+
+          # all of these default to true
+          android: true
+          dotnet: true
+          haskell: true
+          large-packages: true
+          docker-images: true
+          swap-storage: false
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0