diff --git a/.github/workflows/develop-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/develop-deploy.yaml
index ced1326c4c..42ee72ffc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/develop-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/develop-deploy.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
         python-version: "3.10"
+    - name: increase swap size
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+          export SWAP_FILE=$(swapon --show=NAME | tail -n 1)
+          sudo swapoff $SWAP_FILE
+          sudo rm $SWAP_FILE
+          sudo fallocate -l 8192M $SWAP_FILE
+          sudo chmod 600 $SWAP_FILE
+          sudo mkswap $SWAP_FILE
+          sudo swapon $SWAP_FILE
     - run: |
         pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install .[qhsri] -r notebooks/requirements.txt -c notebooks/constraints.txt