diff --git a/.github/workflows/_build.yml b/.github/workflows/_build.yml
index 94876c7a12..98ce303269 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_build.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   Build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-2cores-tools-public
     permissions:
       # actions: read is mandatory for nrwl/nx-set-shas to read base/head SHAs
       # via the GitHub Actions API. Without it, `nx affected` silently runs