diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 82cf45d7..9fb8667c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ jobs:
       SKIP_IMAGE_DIGESTS: >-
         ${{ (needs.change-triage.outputs.core-changed != 'true' &&
              needs.change-triage.outputs.run-openshift != 'true') && 'true' || '' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
index ba6eb4ea..686d8220 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - release-publish
     if: github.repository_owner == 'cloudnative-pg'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     permissions:
       contents: read
     outputs:
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
         github.repository_owner == 'cloudnative-pg'
     env:
       ENVIRONMENT: "production"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     permissions:
       contents: write
       packages: write
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
     concurrency:
       group: publish-bundle
       cancel-in-progress: false
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps: