diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/dev.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/dev.yaml
index f69a6a4..45b192c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/dev.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/dev.yaml
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ jobs:
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         run: gcloud auth configure-docker us-central1-docker.pkg.dev --quiet
 
+      - name: Prune Docker to reclaim disk
+        run: |
+          docker system prune -f
+          df -h /
+
       # ── El SDK setup ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       # Push builds: extract elb + elc + runtime from ci-base (always latest).
       # PR builds:   use committed bin/elb-linux-amd64 + bin/elc-linux-amd64 + runtime/.
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/stage.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/stage.yaml
index 435fb17..0fd04d2 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/stage.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/stage.yaml
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure docker auth for Artifact Registry
         run: gcloud auth configure-docker us-central1-docker.pkg.dev --quiet
 
+      - name: Prune Docker to reclaim disk
+        run: |
+          docker system prune -f
+          df -h /
+
       - name: Compute image tag
         id: tag
         run: |