diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f11d70711..f72c0326e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set Swap Space
         uses: pierotofy/set-swap-space@master
         with:
-          swap-size-gb: 18
+          swap-size-gb: 12
       # single setup and sum cache handling here.
       # the results will cascade onto both testing and linting.
       - name: Setup Golang with cache