diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 30a97ce82c..235868b1ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
         status: ${{ job.status }}
   build_sdks:
     needs: prerequisites
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: pulumi-ubuntu-8core
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index 33b3c98957..859c7d5cb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
         status: ${{ job.status }}
   build_sdks:
     needs: prerequisites
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: pulumi-ubuntu-8core
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index fedfe0251c..9c8e8adb87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
         status: ${{ job.status }}
   build_sdks:
     needs: prerequisites
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: pulumi-ubuntu-8core
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix: