diff --git a/.github/workflows/cws-btfhub-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/cws-btfhub-sync.yml
index 94498f5ed7525..88f198f5b114d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cws-btfhub-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cws-btfhub-sync.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   generate:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
 
   combine:
     needs: generate
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
       contents: write
       pull-requests: write