diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-distribute.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-distribute.yml
index a28477e61a57..882b42064115 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-distribute.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-distribute.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
   debug-config:
     needs: config
-    runs-on: aws-micro
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Print config
         run: |
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ jobs:
 
   collect-stats:
     timeout-minutes: 5
-    runs-on: aws-micro
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [ config, upload-distributions ]
     if: ${{ always() && needs.config.outputs.internal_build == 'true' }}
     continue-on-error: true
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ jobs:
           output-credentials: true
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: python3 -m pip install boto3 botocore
+        run: python3 -m pip install boto3 botocore requests
 
       - name: Collect stats
         env:
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ jobs:
 
   update-artifacts:
     timeout-minutes: 15
-    runs-on: aws-micro
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [ collect-stats, update-dev-documentation ]
     if: always()
     continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/config.yml b/.github/workflows/config.yml
index e594eee837d1..6bf1442d7353 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/config.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/config.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
       tag-disable-macos:          ${{ contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'disable-build-macos' ) }}
       tag-disable-emscripten:     ${{ contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'disable-build-emscripten' ) }}
 
-    runs-on: aws-micro
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     env:
       # duplicate output values here since they cannot be accessed from steps
@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          submodules: true
 
       # install helper utility for Python version management
       - name: Install uv
diff --git a/.github/workflows/distro-release.yml b/.github/workflows/distro-release.yml
index cc72b6fda5f2..6c91216c277a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/distro-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/distro-release.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   config:
-    runs-on: aws-micro
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       vs19_vcpkg_version: "2024.10.21"
       vs22_vcpkg_version: "2026.03.18"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
 
   update-artifacts:
     timeout-minutes: 15
-    runs-on: aws-micro
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: upload-distributions
     if: always()
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-images.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-images.yml
index ea3d9466db1e..986618032e27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-images.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   always-success:
-    runs-on: aws-micro
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Do nothing
         run: echo
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unity-nuget-test.yml b/.github/workflows/unity-nuget-test.yml
index 8eadc25bfb8b..fdf5a8448b37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unity-nuget-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unity-nuget-test.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   start-unity-instance:
     name: Start unity instance
-    runs-on: aws-micro
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       instance_started: ${{ steps.set-output.outputs.instance_started }}
     steps:
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
 
 
   stop-instance:
-    runs-on: aws-micro
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [ unity-nuget-test ]
     if: always()
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-win-version.yml b/.github/workflows/update-win-version.yml
index 2215f182d569..87245da93a60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-win-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-win-version.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
   cleanup-win-archives:
     needs: update-win-version
     if: always()
-    runs-on: aws-micro
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Delete Windows Binaries Archive
         uses: geekyeggo/delete-artifact@176a747ab7e287e3ff4787bf8a148716375ca118 # v6.0.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/versioning-release.yml b/.github/workflows/versioning-release.yml
index e9c959c15ca4..621c8e2dde85 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/versioning-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/versioning-release.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   versioning-and-release-url:
     timeout-minutes: 10
-    runs-on: aws-micro
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       release_upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
       release_id: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.id }}