diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bdd4a8ea2..b640a6628 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ on: [push, pull_request]
 # Lint code using flake8 and run unit tests using pytest
 jobs:
   lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Tie runner to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, as it still supports Python 3.7
+    # Minimum Python version on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is Python 3.9.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     name: Run Linter
     steps:
       - name: Check out source repository
@@ -17,4 +19,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: flake8 Lint
         uses: py-actions/flake8@v2
         #with:
-        #  plugins: "flake8-bugbear"
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+        #  plugins: "flake8-bugbear"