diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 32acffa53..f11d70711 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       
+      ## increases swap space for beta and v.1.0 
+      ## Only required on first library update 
+      - 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.
       - name: Setup Golang with cache