diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-python-client.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-python-client.yaml
index 61b5416fbe..ca389043ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-python-client.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-python-client.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   build-n-publish:
     name: Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI and TestPyPI
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     # Specifying a GitHub environment is optional, but strongly encouraged
     environment: release
     permissions: