diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e79420adc..d1bcdce80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -241,6 +241,19 @@ jobs:
           docker system df
           docker ps -a
 
+      - name: Add extra swap for release build
+        if: inputs.build_mode == 'release'
+        run: |
+          set -euxo pipefail
+          sudo swapoff -a || true
+          sudo rm -f /swapfile
+          sudo fallocate -l 16G /swapfile || sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=16384
+          sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
+          sudo mkswap /swapfile
+          sudo swapon /swapfile
+          free -h
+          swapon --show
+
       - name: Build (release mode)
         uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
         if: inputs.build_mode == 'release'