diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 849e04dc77..1ed6d61f1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   tests-linux:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Install deps