diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4099e4b64..608934ab7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: src
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      
+      ## increases swap space for msgraph-beta-sdk-go 
+      - name: Set Swap Space
+        uses: pierotofy/set-swap-space@master
+        with:
+          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