diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang_sanitizers.yml b/.github/workflows/clang_sanitizers.yml
index e89cb676a03..9d49ccecc2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang_sanitizers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang_sanitizers.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   build_UB_sanitizer:
     name: Clang UB sanitizer
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    container: ubuntu:23.10
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     env:
       CC: clang
@@ -65,10 +64,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: run with UB sanitizer
       run: |
 
-        # We need these two lines because these tests run inside a docker container
-        export OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT=1
-        export OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT_CONFIRM=1
-
         export OMP_NUM_THREADS=2
 
         #MPI implementations often leak memory
@@ -81,8 +76,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build_thread_sanitizer:
     name: Clang thread sanitizer
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    container: ubuntu:23.10
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     env:
       CC: clang
@@ -149,10 +143,6 @@ jobs:
         export TSAN_OPTIONS='ignore_noninstrumented_modules=1'
         export ARCHER_OPTIONS="verbose=1"
 
-        # We need these two lines because these tests run inside a docker container
-        export OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT=1
-        export OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT_CONFIRM=1
-
         export OMP_NUM_THREADS=2
 
         mpirun -n 2 ./build/bin/warpx.rz Examples/Physics_applications/laser_acceleration/inputs_base_rz warpx.serialize_initial_conditions = 0