diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-snapdragon.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-snapdragon.yml
index 3e857d48e..296780acb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-snapdragon.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-snapdragon.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   android-ndk-snapdragon:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04  # previously ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: 'ghcr.io/snapdragon-toolchain/arm64-android:v0.7'
     defaults:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           path: pkg-snapdragon/llama.cpp
 
   linux-iot-snapdragon:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04  # previously ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: 'ghcr.io/snapdragon-toolchain/arm64-linux:v0.7'
     defaults:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-android.yml b/.github/workflows/build-android.yml
index d3907d150..90960a7f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-android.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   default:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04  # previously ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           ./gradlew build --no-daemon
 
   ndk:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04  # previously ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: 'ghcr.io/snapdragon-toolchain/arm64-android:v0.3'
     defaults:
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           path: pkg-adb/llama.cpp
 
   arm64:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04  # previously ubuntu-latest
 
     env:
       NDK_VERSION: "29.0.14206865"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gguf-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/gguf-publish.yml
index fb8eab3cd..613562479 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gguf-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gguf-publish.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   deploy:
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04  # previously ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/make-release.yml b/.github/workflows/make-release.yml
index d1c6dca5d..101ad43f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make-release.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   make-release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04  # previously ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c72602b14..87f652427 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [check-release, ui-build]
     if: ${{ needs.check-release.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04  # previously ubuntu-latest
 
     #permissions:
     #  actions: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/winget.yml b/.github/workflows/winget.yml
index c0a814f3a..7af2e9b10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/winget.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/winget.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   update:
     name: Update Winget Package
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04  # previously ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository_owner == 'ggml-org'
 
     steps: