diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 6950248af..817653a59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   unit-tests:
     name: "🛃 Unit tests"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     container:
       image: registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:40
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
 
   db-tests:
     name: "🗄 DB tests"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     services:
       postgres:
         # 12 is used in deployments
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
 
   python-lint:
     name: "🐍 Lint python scripts"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     container:
       image: registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:40
     steps:
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
 
   golang-lint:
     name: "⌨ Golang Lint"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go 1.22
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
 
   packit-config-lint:
     name: "📦 Packit config lint"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     container:
       image: registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest
     steps:
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ jobs:
 
   prepare:
     name: "🔍 Check source preparation"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
 
       - name: Set up Go 1.22
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
 
   check-snapshots:
     name: "🔍 Check for valid snapshot urls"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
 
   check-runners:
     name: "🔍 Check for missing or unused runner repos"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ jobs:
 
   shellcheck:
     name: "🐚 Shellcheck"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ jobs:
 
   rpmlint:
     name: "📦 RPMlint"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     container: registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:40
     steps:
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
 
   gitlab-ci-helper:
     name: "Gitlab CI trigger helper"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       SKIP_CI: ${{ (github.event.pull_request.draft == true || contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'WIP')) && !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'WIP+test') }}
     steps:
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ jobs:
 
   kube-linter:
     name: "🎀 kube-linter"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: redhat-actions/oc-installer@v1
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ jobs:
 
   cloud-cleaner-is-enabled:
     name: "🧹 cloud-cleaner-is-enabled"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - name: Check if workflow is enabled
       run: |