diff --git a/.github/workflows/conventional-commits.yml b/.github/workflows/conventional-commits.yml
index 19294b3f7..94547d1de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conventional-commits.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conventional-commits.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   check-conventional-commits:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: blacksmith-2vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' # skip for dependabot PRs
     env:
       EVENT: ${{ toJSON(github.event) }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dogfooding.yml b/.github/workflows/dogfooding.yml
index 341a8e8e6..83544fca4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dogfooding.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dogfooding.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   check_dogfooding:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: blacksmith-2vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         if: github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master' && github.event.pull_request.head.ref == 'release-please--branches--master'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 5d2160c84..2a0bbe71d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a9cd91b98..f718a991a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   release_please:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     permissions:
       contents: write
       pull-requests: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index dd4b2d7e6..ffdd46a9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     services:
       postgres:
         image: postgres:15