diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d9fadf7f76..29be745e3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Make Zarf executable
         run: |
           chmod +x build/zarf
+      
+      # Before we run the regular tests we need to aggressively cleanup files to reduce disk pressure
+      - name: Cleanup files
+        uses: ./.github/actions/cleanup-files
 
       # Build the example packages and run the tests
       - name: Build examples and run tests