diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c0b4ebf903e54..e0dcfab4c0abb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ jobs:
             - { modules: plugin/trino-singlestore }
             - { modules: plugin/trino-snowflake }
             - { modules: plugin/trino-snowflake, profile: cloud-tests }
-            - { modules: plugin/trino-sqlserver }
+            - { modules: plugin/trino-sqlserver, runson: ubuntu-20.04 }
             - { modules: testing/trino-faulttolerant-tests, profile: default }
             - { modules: testing/trino-faulttolerant-tests, profile: test-fault-tolerant-delta }
             - { modules: testing/trino-faulttolerant-tests, profile: test-fault-tolerant-hive }
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "matrix=$(jq -c '.' matrix.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runson || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     needs: build-test-matrix
     if: needs.build-test-matrix.outputs.matrix != '{}'
     strategy:
@@ -873,7 +873,6 @@ jobs:
             # suite-4 does not exist
             - suite-5
             - suite-6-non-generic
-            - suite-7-non-generic
             - suite-hive-transactional
             - suite-azure
             - suite-delta-lake-databricks91
@@ -953,6 +952,10 @@ jobs:
             # this suite is designed specifically for apache-hive3. TODO remove the suite once we can run all regular tests on apache-hive3.
             - config: apache-hive3
               suite: suite-hms-only
+            # Workaround for https://github.com/microsoft/mssql-docker/issues/899
+            - config: default
+              suite: suite-7-non-generic
+              runson: ubuntu-20.04
           EOF
       - name: Build PT matrix (all)
         if: |
@@ -1007,7 +1010,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "matrix=$(cat matrix.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   pt:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runson || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     # explicitly define the name to avoid adding the value of the `ignore exclusion if` matrix item
     name: pt (${{ matrix.config }}, ${{ matrix.suite }}, ${{ matrix.jdk }})
     if: needs.build-pt.outputs.matrix != '{}'