diff --git a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
index 71444328cd..e9ed44b563 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ permissions:
     contents: read
 jobs:
   codecov:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-4-cores
     # container:
     #   image: xd009642/tarpaulin:develop-nightly
     #   options: --security-opt seccomp=unconfined