diff --git a/.github/actions/fullnode-sync/action.yaml b/.github/actions/fullnode-sync/action.yaml
index 27bd18ae67eef..213f3e7ca594a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/fullnode-sync/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/fullnode-sync/action.yaml
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
-    - name: Install Dependencies
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        echo "${HOME}/bin/" >> $GITHUB_PATH # default INSTALL_DIR to path
-        scripts/dev_setup.sh -b # Install dependencies
     - name: Run fullnode sync
       shell: bash
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-fullnode-sync.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-fullnode-sync.yaml
index 82295e882bc77..ff22ae6ab08ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-fullnode-sync.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-fullnode-sync.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   fullnode-sync:
-    runs-on: medium-perf-docker-with-local-ssd
+    runs-on: runs-on,family=c5ad.8xlarge,image=aptos-ubuntu-x64,run-id=${{ github.run_id }},spot=false
     timeout-minutes: ${{ inputs.TIMEOUT_MINUTES || 300 }} # the default run is 300 minutes (5 hours). Specified here because workflow_dispatch uses string rather than number
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ jobs:
           NETWORK: ${{ inputs.NETWORK }}
           BOOTSTRAPPING_MODE: ${{ inputs.BOOTSTRAPPING_MODE }}
           CONTINUOUS_SYNCING_MODE: ${{ inputs.CONTINUOUS_SYNCING_MODE }}
-          DATA_DIR_FILE_PATH: /tmp/
-          NODE_LOG_FILE_PATH: /tmp/node_log
-          METRICS_DUMP_FILE_PATH: /tmp/metrics
+          DATA_DIR_FILE_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/
+          NODE_LOG_FILE_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/node_log
+          METRICS_DUMP_FILE_PATH: ${{ runner.temp }}/metrics
 
       - name: Upload node logs as an artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: node_log
           path: |
-            /tmp/node_log
+            ${{ runner.temp }}/node_log
           retention-days: 14
 
       - name: Upload the metrics dump as an artifact
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: metrics
           path: |
-            /tmp/metrics
+            ${{ runner.temp }}/metrics
           retention-days: 14
 
       - name: Post to a Slack channel on failure