diff --git a/.github/workflows/commands.yml b/.github/workflows/commands.yml
index f16ee6795..ec0c03653 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commands.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commands.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   retest:
     if: github.repository == 'containernetworking/cni'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 5de61efe6..3ad7c8800 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   lint:
     name: Lint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     steps:
       - name: setup go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: Build all linux architectures
     needs: lint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     steps:
       - name: setup go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
   test-linux:
     name: Run tests on Linux amd64
     needs: build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404
     steps:
       - name: setup go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5