diff --git a/.github/workflows/replay-verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/replay-verify.yaml
index 4fbc6a03ca8f38..8539a5f8037092 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/replay-verify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/replay-verify.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # checkout the repo first, so check-aptos-core can use it and cancel the workflow if necessary
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: ./.github/actions/check-aptos-core
         with:
           cancel-workflow: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' }} # Cancel the workflow if it is scheduled on a fork
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-run-replay-verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflow-run-replay-verify.yaml
index 7046c16df0731c..635acebaf97006 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-run-replay-verify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-run-replay-verify.yaml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   prepare:
-    runs-on: "runs-on,cpu=64,family=c7,hdd=500,image=aptos-ubuntu-x64,spot=false"
+    runs-on: ${{ inputs.RUNS_ON }}
     outputs:
       jobs_ids: ${{ steps.gen-jobs.outputs.job_ids }}
     steps:
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare for build if not cached
         if: steps.cache-aptos-debugger-binary.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        uses: aptos-labs/aptos-core/.github/actions/rust-setup@main
+        uses: aptos-debugger-ee4ecab92c937d27426acce2c8e9e3da88f94c53 #aptos-labs/aptos-core/.github/actions/rust-setup@main
         with:
           GIT_CREDENTIALS: ${{ inputs.GIT_CREDENTIALS }}
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        job_id: ${{ fromJson(steps.prepare.outputs.job_ids) }}
+        job_id: ${{ fromJson(needs.prepare.outputs.job_ids) }}
     steps:
       - name: Load cached aptos-debugger binary and replay_verify.py script
         uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             aptos-debugger
             testsuite/replay_verify.py
-          key: aptos-debugger-${{ inputs.GIT_SHA || github.sha }}
+          key: aptos-debugger-ee4ecab92c937d27426acce2c8e9e3da88f94c53 #aptos-debugger-${{ inputs.GIT_SHA || github.sha }}
           fail-on-cache-miss: true
 
       - name: Load cached backup storage metadata cache dir
diff --git a/storage/db-tool/src/gen_replay_verify_jobs.rs b/storage/db-tool/src/gen_replay_verify_jobs.rs
index 62c3f047c0e074..3429e2d9ee4a9c 100644
--- a/storage/db-tool/src/gen_replay_verify_jobs.rs
+++ b/storage/db-tool/src/gen_replay_verify_jobs.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use aptos_backup_cli::{
 use aptos_logger::info;
 use aptos_types::transaction::Version;
 use clap::Parser;
-use itertools::{zip_eq, Itertools};
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use std::{
     io::Write,
     iter::{once, zip},
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ pub struct Opt {
         value_delimiter = ' '
     )]
     ranges_to_skip: Vec<String>,
-    #[clap(long, help = "Output job ranges to json files, evenly distributed.")]
-    output_json_files: Vec<PathBuf>,
+    #[clap(long, help = "Maximum ranges per job.")]
+    max_ranges_per_job: u64,
+    #[clap(long, help = "Output json file containing the jobs.")]
+    output_json_file: PathBuf,
 }
 
 impl Opt {
     pub async fn run(self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        assert!(!self.output_json_files.is_empty());
-
         let storage = self.storage.init_storage().await?;
         let metadata_view = sync_and_load(
             &self.metadata_cache_opt,
@@ -185,24 +185,21 @@ impl Opt {
             job_ranges.len()
         );
 
-        let mut outputs = vec![vec![]; self.output_json_files.len()];
+        let num_jobs = (job_ranges.len() as f32 / self.max_ranges_per_job as f32).ceil() as usize;
+        let mut jobs = vec![vec![]; num_jobs];
+
         let mut job_idx = -1;
-        zip(job_ranges, (0..self.output_json_files.len()).cycle()).for_each(
+        zip(job_ranges, (0..num_jobs).cycle()).for_each(
             |((partial, first, last, desc), output_idx)| {
                 job_idx += 1;
                 let suffix = if partial { "-partial" } else { "" };
                 let job = format!("{output_idx}-{job_idx}{suffix} {first} {last} {desc}");
-                outputs[output_idx].push(job);
+                jobs[output_idx].push(job);
             },
         );
 
-        zip_eq(self.output_json_files.iter(), outputs.into_iter()).try_for_each(
-            |(path, jobs)| {
-                info!("Writing to {:?}", path);
-                info!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&jobs)?);
-                std::fs::File::create(path)?.write_all(&serde_json::to_vec(&jobs)?)
-            },
-        )?;
+        info!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&jobs)?);
+        std::fs::File::create(self.output_json_file)?.write_all(&serde_json::to_vec(&jobs)?)?;
 
         Ok(())
     }