diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6bb9843197..813c2c3076 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - Update templates to use nf-core/setup-nextflow v2
 - Link to troubleshooting docs when pipeline fails ([#2845](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2845))
 - Add fallback to `download_pipeline.yml` in case the pipeline does not support stub runs ([#2846](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2846))
+- Add a cleanup action to `download_pipeline.yml` to fix failures caused by inadequate storage space on the runner ([#2849](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2849))
 
 ### Linting
 
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
index d4b920ef11..44d06c0cd5 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Nextflow
         uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
 
+      - name: Disk space cleanup
+        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@54081f138730dfa15788a46383842cd2f914a1be # v1.3.1
+
       - uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c # v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"