diff --git a/azure-pipelines-public.yml b/azure-pipelines-public.yml
index 654e116bd06..bf86a048746 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-public.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-public.yml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ stages:
               - name: _HelixBuildConfig
                 value: $(_BuildConfig)
               - name: HelixTargetQueues
-                value: Windows.10.Amd64.Open;OSX.13.Amd64.Open;Ubuntu.2204.Amd64.Open@mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet-buildtools/prereqs:ubuntu-20.04-helix-sqlserver-amd64
+                value: Windows.10.Amd64.Open;OSX.13.Amd64.Open;Ubuntu.2204.Amd64.Open@mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet-buildtools/prereqs:ubuntu-22.04-helix-sqlserver-amd64
               - name: _HelixAccessToken
                 value: '' # Needed for public queues
             steps:
@@ -168,6 +168,6 @@ stages:
                 env:
                   HelixAccessToken: $(_HelixAccessToken)
                   SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN: $(System.AccessToken) # We need to set this env var to publish helix results to Azure Dev Ops
-                  MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD: "PLACEHOLDER"
+                  MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD: "Pa$$w0rd"
                   COMPlus_EnableWriteXorExecute: 0 # Work-around for https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/70758
                   DotNetBuildsInternalReadSasToken: $(dotnetbuilds-internal-container-read-token)
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 7a8cce279d7..02ebe032c4f 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ extends:
               - name: _HelixBuildConfig
                 value: $(_BuildConfig)
               - name: HelixTargetQueues
-                value: Windows.10.Amd64;OSX.13.Amd64;OSX.13.ARM64;Ubuntu.2204.Amd64@mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet-buildtools/prereqs:ubuntu-20.04-helix-sqlserver-amd64
+                value: Windows.10.Amd64;OSX.13.Amd64;OSX.13.ARM64;Ubuntu.2204.Amd64@mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet-buildtools/prereqs:ubuntu-22.04-helix-sqlserver-amd64
               - name: _HelixAccessToken
                 # Needed for internal queues
                 value: $(HelixApiAccessToken)
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ extends:
                   HelixAccessToken: $(_HelixAccessToken)
                   # We need to set this env var to publish helix results to Azure Dev Ops
                   SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN: $(System.AccessToken)
-                  MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD: "PLACEHOLDER"
+                  MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD: "Pa$$w0rd"
                   # Work-around for https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/70758
                   COMPlus_EnableWriteXorExecute: 0
                   DotNetBuildsInternalReadSasToken: $(dotnetbuilds-internal-container-read-token)
diff --git a/eng/helix.proj b/eng/helix.proj
index 697ac2ce8c6..5e17bf555cb 100644
--- a/eng/helix.proj
+++ b/eng/helix.proj
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition = "'$(SYSTEM_ACCESSTOKEN)' == ''">
     <!-- Local build outside of Azure Pipeline -->
-    <HelixTargetQueues Condition = "'$(HelixTargetQueues)' == ''">Windows.10.Amd64.Open;OSX.1200.Amd64.Open;OSX.1200.ARM64.Open;Ubuntu.2204.Amd64.Open@mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet-buildtools/prereqs:ubuntu-20.04-helix-sqlserver-amd64</HelixTargetQueues>
+    <HelixTargetQueues Condition = "'$(HelixTargetQueues)' == ''">Windows.10.Amd64.Open;OSX.1200.Amd64.Open;OSX.1200.ARM64.Open;Ubuntu.2204.Amd64.Open@mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet-buildtools/prereqs:ubuntu-22.04-helix-sqlserver-amd64</HelixTargetQueues>
     <EnableAzurePipelinesReporter>false</EnableAzurePipelinesReporter>
     <HelixSource>efcore/localbuild/</HelixSource>
     <HelixBuild>t001</HelixBuild>
-    <MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD>PLACEHOLDER</MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD>
+    <MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD>Pa$$w0rd</MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>