diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7d2b8107..5749ce99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ permissions:
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - '**[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*'
+      - "**[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*"
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - plan
       - build-local-artifacts
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME: target/distrib/global-dist-manifest.json
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ always() && needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' && (needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'success') && (needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'success') }}
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     outputs:
       val: ${{ steps.host.outputs.manifest }}
     steps:
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ jobs:
     # still allowing individual publish jobs to skip themselves (for prereleases).
     # "host" however must run to completion, no skipping allowed!
     if: ${{ always() && needs.host.result == 'success' }}
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d471bb7f..cf2318c2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ protoc = '*'
 nasm = '*'
 activeperl = "*"
 
+[workspace.metadata.dist.github-custom-runners]
+x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu = "buildjet-8vcpu-ubuntu-2204"
+
 #[patch.crates-io]
 #secp256k1-zkp = { git = "https://github.com/dpc/rust-secp256k1-zkp/", branch = "sanket-pr" }
 #ring = { git = "https://github.com/dpc/ring", rev = "5493e7e76d0d8fb1d3cbb0be9c4944700741b802" }