diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-action-validator.yml b/.github/workflows/github-action-validator.yml
index 56df7e28c6c..0664e8a4d5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-action-validator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-action-validator.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   validate-all-ghas:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     permissions:
       contents: read
       # Required for the zizmor action to upload its SARIF results to