diff --git a/.github/workflows/client-targets.yml b/.github/workflows/client-targets.yml
index ab15b9786c2162..05c7cf4d7ca156 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/client-targets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/client-targets.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os:
-          - ubuntu-20.04
+          - ubuntu-22.04
         target:
           - x86_64-linux-android
           - aarch64-linux-android
diff --git a/.github/workflows/crate-check.yml b/.github/workflows/crate-check.yml
index 4526a0f526a891..7bac0290fe300a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/crate-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/crate-check.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   check:
     if: github.repository == 'anza-xyz/agave'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 2118a713cf5eb1..f6bc0049614d05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository == 'anza-xyz/agave'
     outputs:
       continue: ${{ steps.check.outputs.need_to_build }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       needs.check.outputs.continue == 1
     # the name is used by .mergify.yml as well
     name: build & deploy docs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/error-reporting.yml b/.github/workflows/error-reporting.yml
index 4a5c6561987a82..cb420929d466b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/error-reporting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/error-reporting.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   slack:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - env:
           COMMIT_MESSAGE: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
index 1966d59ab1a246..805342d6878819 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
   windows-gcs-upload:
     if: ${{ needs.windows-build.outputs.channel != '' || needs.windows-build.outputs.tag != '' }}
     needs: [windows-build]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Download
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
   windows-gh-release:
     if: ${{ needs.windows-build.outputs.tag != '' }}
     needs: [windows-build]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Download
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4