diff --git a/.github/workflows/call-build-linux-packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/call-build-linux-packages.yaml
index 7a79b382d32..c4261046b5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/call-build-linux-packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/call-build-linux-packages.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
   call-build-capture-source:
     # Capture source tarball and generate checksum for it
     name: Extract any supporting metadata
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ jobs:
   call-build-linux-packages:
     name: ${{ matrix.distro }} package build and stage to S3
     environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}
-    # Ensure for OSS Fluent Bit repo we enable usage of Actuated runners for ARM builds, for forks it should keep existing ubuntu-latest usage.
-    runs-on: ${{ (contains(matrix.distro, 'arm' ) && (github.repository == 'fluent/fluent-bit') && 'actuated-arm64-8cpu-16gb') || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    # Ensure for OSS Fluent Bit repo we enable usage of Actuated runners for ARM builds, for forks it should keep existing ubuntu-22.04 usage.
+    runs-on: ${{ (contains(matrix.distro, 'arm' ) && (github.repository == 'fluent/fluent-bit') && 'actuated-arm64-8cpu-16gb') || 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
     permissions:
       contents: read
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/call-build-macos.yaml b/.github/workflows/call-build-macos.yaml
index 5aa8f5f8cf7..9a81f325ac0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/call-build-macos.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/call-build-macos.yaml
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         config:
-          - name: "Normal macOS-latest runner (Intel)"
-            runner: macos-12
           - name: "Apple Silicon macOS runner"
             runner: macos-14
 
@@ -121,8 +119,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         config:
-          - name: "Normal macOS-latest package (Intel)"
-            os: macos-12
           - name: "Apple Silicon macOS package"
             os: macos-14
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/staging-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/staging-release.yaml
index b306dad4d18..acb30eb4012 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/staging-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/staging-release.yaml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ jobs:
 
   staging-release-apt-packages:
     name: S3 - update APT packages bucket
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     environment: release
     needs:
       - staging-release-version-check
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ jobs:
 
   staging-release-source-s3:
     name: S3 - update source bucket
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     environment: release
     needs:
       - staging-release-version-check