diff --git a/.github/workflows/ios.yml b/.github/workflows/ios.yml
index ba8910535ad5..5f4342002dc0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ios.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ios.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: 1.19.5
 
+      - name: Set up yeetd to workaround XCode being slow in CI
+        run: |
+          wget https://github.com/biscuitehh/yeetd/releases/download/1.0/yeetd-normal.pkg
+          sudo installer -pkg yeetd-normal.pkg -target /
+          yeetd &
       - name: Configure Xcode
         uses: maxim-lobanov/setup-xcode@v1
         with: