diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws_efa_validation.yml b/.github/workflows/aws_efa_validation.yml
index e8456ebbb..7525620db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws_efa_validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws_efa_validation.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   run_aws_tests:
     name: Run AWS Tests - ${{ matrix.test_name }}
     environment: SWX_AWS
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     env:
       AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: eu-central-1
       AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws_s3_validation.yml b/.github/workflows/aws_s3_validation.yml
index 790572b3b..fe61b11ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws_s3_validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws_s3_validation.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   run_aws_s3_tests:
     name: Run AWS S3 Tests
     environment: SWX_AWS
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     env:
       AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: eu-central-1
       AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.NIXL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}