diff --git a/.github/workflows/_job_cx-freeze-appimage.yml b/.github/workflows/_job_cx-freeze-appimage.yml
index ae894dcb2..227e7a6cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_job_cx-freeze-appimage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_job_cx-freeze-appimage.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
             os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
           - arch: x86_64
             pyarch: x64
-            os: ubuntu-22.04
+            os: ubuntu-slim
     name: Package ${{ matrix.arch }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_job_nuitka-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/_job_nuitka-linux.yml
index 00e48f1e5..4ebf5a923 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_job_nuitka-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_job_nuitka-linux.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
             os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
           - arch: x86_64
             pyarch: x64
-            os: ubuntu-22.04
+            os: ubuntu-slim
     name: Package ${{ matrix.arch }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_job_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/_job_publish.yml
index 8d78cb65b..77f49dbc8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_job_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_job_publish.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release:
     name: Publish
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_job_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/_job_pypi.yml
index c83973cf9..4db75612e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_job_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_job_pypi.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Deploy
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_job_version.yml b/.github/workflows/_job_version.yml
index 15f72105c..eb1de7be6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_job_version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_job_version.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
 
   version:
     name: Version
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     outputs:
       tag_abbrev: ${{ steps.describe.outputs.tag_abbrev }}
       tag_offset: ${{ steps.describe.outputs.tag_offset }}
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
   prerelease:
     if: ${{ inputs.prerelease }}
     name: Pre-release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     needs: version
     steps:
     - name: Create pre-release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml
index e90208452..4c8181962 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/artifacts.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
   title:
     needs: version
     name: Version ${{ needs.version.outputs.version }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     steps:
       - run: "true"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index af714d467..3e77a46ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: ['macos-latest', 'windows-latest', 'ubuntu-latest']
+        os: ['macos-latest', 'windows-latest', 'ubuntu-slim']
         version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps: