diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 035c3ee4d..fa4dbece1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: src
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      
+      ## increases swap space for beta and v.1.0 
+      - name: Set Swap Space
+        uses: pierotofy/set-swap-space@master
+        with:
+          swap-size-gb: 18
 
       # single setup and sum cache handling here.
       # the results will cascade onto both testing and linting.