diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index bb666372..843bc385 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@ jobs:
         GINKGO_NODES: "6"
       run: |
         hack/run-e2e-using-kind.sh
-    - name: cleanup kind
+    - name: cleanup kind and docker files
       if: always()
       run: |
         curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/v0.22.0/kind-linux-amd64
         chmod +x ./kind
         ./kind delete cluster || true
         make clean
-        docker image prune -f
diff --git a/.github/workflows/preview.yaml b/.github/workflows/preview.yaml
index 566be3e2..5b549173 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/preview.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/preview.yaml
@@ -68,5 +68,8 @@ jobs:
           chmod +x ./kind
           ./kind delete cluster || true
           make clean
-          docker image prune -f
-          docker buildx prune --all -f
+
+          echo cleaning up docker files as kind load docker-image seems to leave dangling files in the data directory that docker does not detect and so pruning with docker cli doesnt work
+          sudo systemctl stop docker
+          sudo rm -rf /var/lib/docker
+          sudo systemctl start docker