diff --git a/.github/actions/free-up-disk-space/action.yml b/.github/actions/free-up-disk-space/action.yml
index fcf231ae20d..4bf62a61308 100644
--- a/.github/actions/free-up-disk-space/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/free-up-disk-space/action.yml
@@ -60,3 +60,12 @@ runs:
         echo "Restarting docker ..."
         sudo systemctl restart docker
         echo "Docker root dir: $(docker info -f '{{ .DockerRootDir}}')"
+        
+        echo "minikube datadir"
+        sudo mkdir -p /mnt/minikube/data
+        sudo ln -s /mnt/minikube/data /data
+        sudo mkdir -p /mnt/minikube/tmp/hostpath_pv
+        sudo ln -s /mnt/minikube/tmp/hostpath_pv /tmp/hostpath_pv
+        sudo mkdir -p /mnt/minikube/tmp/hostpath-provisioner
+        sudo ln -s /mnt/minikube/tmp/hostpath-provisioner /tmp/hostpath-provisioner
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/freeup-space.yml b/.github/workflows/freeup-space.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d14afe66c3..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/freeup-space.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-name: Free up storage space
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  freeup-storage:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Before cleanup
-        run: |
-          df -Th
-
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: free up storage
-        uses: ./.github/actions/free-up-disk-space
-
-      - name: After cleanup
-        run: |
-          sf -Th
diff --git a/.github/workflows/huggingface-docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/huggingface-docker-publish.yml
index 61088e62059..49248371c6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/huggingface-docker-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/huggingface-docker-publish.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+      - name: Free-up disk space
+        uses: ./.github/actions/free-up-disk-space
+
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           if [ -f docker-compose.test.yml ]; then
diff --git a/test/scripts/gh-actions/build-server-runtimes.sh b/test/scripts/gh-actions/build-server-runtimes.sh
index 2be98aa02e7..1ab2d042629 100755
--- a/test/scripts/gh-actions/build-server-runtimes.sh
+++ b/test/scripts/gh-actions/build-server-runtimes.sh
@@ -44,18 +44,25 @@ pushd python >/dev/null
   if [[ " ${types[*]} " =~ "predictor" ]]; then
     echo "Building Sklearn image"
     docker buildx build -t ${SKLEARN_IMG} -f sklearn.Dockerfile .
+    df -hT
     echo "Building XGB image"
     docker buildx build -t ${XGB_IMG} -f xgb.Dockerfile .
+    df -hT
     echo "Building LGB image"
     docker buildx build -t ${LGB_IMG} -f lgb.Dockerfile .
+    df -hT
     echo "Building PMML image"
     docker buildx build -t ${PMML_IMG} -f pmml.Dockerfile .
+    df -hT
     echo "Building Paddle image"
     docker buildx build -t ${PADDLE_IMG} -f paddle.Dockerfile .
+    df -hT
     echo "Building Custom model gRPC image"
     docker buildx build -t ${CUSTOM_MODEL_GRPC} -f custom_model_grpc.Dockerfile .
+    df -hT
     echo "Building image transformer gRPC image"
     docker buildx build -t ${CUSTOM_TRANSFORMER_GRPC} -f custom_transformer_grpc.Dockerfile .
+    df -hT
   fi
 
   if [[ " ${types[*]} " =~ "explainer" ]]; then
@@ -71,5 +78,5 @@ pushd python >/dev/null
   fi
 
 popd
-
+df -hT
 echo "Done building images"