diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 27bad61639..63506270dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build vm image
         run: |
-          ./vm-builder -enable-file-cache -src=369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/compute-node-${{ matrix.version }}:${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}} -dst=369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/vm-compute-node-${{ matrix.version }}:${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}}
+          ./vm-builder -enable-file-cache -size=5G -src=369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/compute-node-${{ matrix.version }}:${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}} -dst=369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/vm-compute-node-${{ matrix.version }}:${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}}
 
       - name: Pushing vm-compute-node image
         run: |