diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2e8d3bf4c..9798f4a5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set Swap Space
         uses: pierotofy/set-swap-space@master
         with:
-          swap-size-gb: 6
+          swap-size-gb: 8
 
       # single setup and sum cache handling here.
       # the results will cascade onto both testing and linting.
@@ -639,4 +639,4 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Validate docs
         run: |
-          curl https://corsobackup.io/docs/quickstart/ | grep https://github.com/alcionai/corso/releases/download/${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}/corso_${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
\ No newline at end of file
+          curl https://corsobackup.io/docs/quickstart/ | grep https://github.com/alcionai/corso/releases/download/${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}/corso_${{ env.CORSO_VERSION }}_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz