diff --git a/.github/workflows/diregapic.yaml b/.github/workflows/diregapic.yaml
index cb49820fd..c041bff7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/diregapic.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/diregapic.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build GAPIC clients
       if: contains(env.api_changes, 'file')
       run: |
+        bazel clean --expunge
         bazel build //google/cloud/compute/v1/... || bazel build --sandbox_debug //google/cloud/compute/v1/...
 
         bazel build //google/cloud/compute/v1/...