diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 351f1626..625eac5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ "ubuntu-latest", "ubuntu-22.04-arm", "windows-latest" ]
+        os: [ "ubuntu-24.04", "ubuntu-22.04-arm", "windows-latest" ]
         database: [ "h2", "postgresql", "mysql", "mariadb" ]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       # Upload artifacts
       - name: Upload cross-platform app
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7.0.2
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' # we only need to upload the cross-platform artifact once per database
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-24.04' # we only need to upload the cross-platform artifact once per database
         with:
           name: commafeed-${{ matrix.database }}-jvm
           path: commafeed-server/target/commafeed-*.zip
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload pages
         uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@fc324d3547104276b827a68afc52ff2a11cc49c9 # v5.0.0
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.database == 'h2' # we only need to upload the pages once
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-24.04' && matrix.database == 'h2' # we only need to upload the pages once
         with:
           path: target/pages