diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
index 03827cebc93..72498c3ef1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     - run: make -k lint
 
   gen-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: ./tools/github-actions/setup-deps
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cherrypick.yaml b/.github/workflows/cherrypick.yaml
index 3ec9091a884..260d4cc9674 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cherrypick.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cherrypick.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   cherry_pick_release_v0_5:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     name: Cherry pick into release-v0.5
     if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'cherrypick/release-v0.5') && github.event.pull_request.merged == true }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index be276b9c321..1d0d351749e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   docs-lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/latest_release.yaml b/.github/workflows/latest_release.yaml
index 6aa63facb86..86eb302e6b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/latest_release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/latest_release.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   latest-release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 24d26f1e6c3..1dee002cb29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
       - "v*.*.*"
 jobs:
   release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 3d96d5ab95d..1e8967a0352 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
       issues: write  # for actions/stale to close stale issues
       pull-requests: write  # for actions/stale to close stale PRs
     name: Prune Stale
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     # do not run it in forked repos
     if: github.repository == 'envoyproxy/gateway'