diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index bfd47b00..349ccf1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -18,18 +18,22 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   towncrier_check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v2
+      - run: uv python install
+      - run: uv venv
       - name: install towncrier
-        run: pip install towncrier==23.11.0
+        run: uv pip install towncrier==23.11.0
       - name: verify newsfragment exist
-        run: towncrier check
+        run: uv run towncrier check
 
   lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
     # We want this to run even if some of the required jobs got skipped
     if: always()
     needs: [towncrier_check, e2e, lint]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: CI succeeded
         # We have to do it in the shell since if it's in the if condition
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index bfcb2084..2613ec77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
   release_gh:
     needs: [release]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
     permissions:
       packages: write
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
           files: /tmp/release/**
 
   update_latest:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: release_gh
     if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_e2e.yaml
index ad8ca747..e5183416 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_e2e.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   vscode-e2e:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     env:
       CI_BUILD_PLUGIN: "true"
     steps: