diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
index 0dd9b356bdf6..691fca6043bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
@@ -267,7 +267,19 @@ jobs:
           else
             export INSTALL_K3S_VERSION=${{ matrix.install_k3s_version }}
           fi
-          curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | INSTALL_K3S_CHANNEL=stable INSTALL_K3S_EXEC=--docker K3S_KUBECONFIG_MODE=644 sh -
+
+          cat >/tmp/kubelet.config <<EOT
+          apiVersion: kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+          kind: KubeletConfiguration
+          imageMinimumGCAge: 1h
+          imageGCHighThresholdPercent: 100
+          evictionHard:
+            imagefs.available: 0%
+            nodefs.available: 0%
+            nodefs.inodesFree: 0%
+          EOT
+
+          curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | INSTALL_K3S_CHANNEL=stable INSTALL_K3S_EXEC='--docker --kubelet-arg=config=/tmp/kubelet.config' K3S_KUBECONFIG_MODE=644 sh -
           until kubectl --kubeconfig=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml cluster-info ; do sleep 10s ; done
           cp /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml /home/runner/.kubeconfig
           echo "- name: fake_token_user" >> $KUBECONFIG