diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 088a8cf21..99d275c34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         name: checkout nosqlbench
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
 
   builddocs:
     needs: build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'nosqlbench/nosqlbench' && github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_name == 'main' }}
     steps: