diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index 6201804d8..412f54878 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go: [stable, tip]
-        platform: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        platform: [ubuntu-latest-8-cores, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2