diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 156d01dfaa..b778250bd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build-and-test:
-    runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2004
+    runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204
     timeout-minutes: 15
     concurrency:
       group: "build-and-test"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
index 3b784dd393..da7ceb2815 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
   build-test:
     needs:
       - check_branch
-    runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2004
+    runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204
     timeout-minutes: 15
     concurrency:
       group: "build-test"
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ jobs:
       - e2e-upgrade-test
       - check_branch
       - e2e-stateful-data-test
-    runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2004
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     timeout-minutes: 60
     environment: release
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rc-release.yml b/.github/workflows/rc-release.yml
index ceb529300e..f5cfeb93e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rc-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rc-release.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "The major version found in 'releaseVersion' in app/setup_handlers.go matches this tagged release - Moving Forward!"
 
   publish-release:
-    runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2004
+    runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204
     timeout-minutes: 60
     needs:
       - pre-release-checks
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index d8789a8c3c..2cc50e5fa8 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 * [1814](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/1814) - fix code coverage ignore for protobuf generated files
 
 ### CI
-
+* [2267](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/2267) - Change publish-release to github action ubuntu runner.
 * [1958](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/1958) - Fix e2e advanced test debug checkbox.
 * [1945](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/1945) - update advanced testing pipeline to not execute tests that weren't selected so they show skipped instead of skipping steps.
 * [1940](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/1940) - adjust release pipeline to be created as pre-release instead of latest