diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index e056cf0fcf..d50a42d83c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ jobs:
   neon-image-depot:
     # For testing this will run side-by-side for a few merges.
     # This action is not really optimized yet, but gets the job done
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, small ]
+    runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, large ]
     needs: [ tag ]
     container: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/base:pinned
     permissions: