diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark-template.yaml b/.github/workflows/benchmark-template.yaml
index 83283ef38..caca4d4b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark-template.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark-template.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ on:
       runs-on:
         required: false
         type: string
-        default: "['ubuntu-latest-8-cores']"
+        default: "['ubuntu-latest']"
 permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/robustness_nightly.yaml b/.github/workflows/robustness_nightly.yaml
index 96a519afa..0812f6230 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/robustness_nightly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/robustness_nightly.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       count: 100
       testTimeout: 200m
-      runs-on: "['ubuntu-latest-8-cores']"
+      runs-on: "['ubuntu-latest']"
   arm64:
     # GHA has a maximum amount of 6h execution time, we try to get done within 3h
     uses: ./.github/workflows/robustness_template.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/robustness_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/robustness_test.yaml
index 4d6afd9e8..1e0aa5007 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/robustness_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/robustness_test.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       count: 10
       testTimeout: 30m
-      runs-on: "['ubuntu-latest-8-cores']"
+      runs-on: "['ubuntu-latest']"
   arm64:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/robustness_template.yaml
     with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests_amd64.yaml
index 0dd355eef..08e442cd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_amd64.yaml
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ jobs:
   test-linux-amd64-race:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/tests-template.yml
     with:
-      runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       targets: "['linux-unit-test-4-cpu-race']"
 
   coverage:
     needs:
       - test-linux-amd64
       - test-linux-amd64-race
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
       - id: goversion