diff --git a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
index f2736614bf..078c7f88c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actionlint.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
   actionlint:
     needs: [ check-permissions ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: reviewdog/action-actionlint@v1
@@ -36,3 +36,15 @@ jobs:
           fail_on_error: true
           filter_mode: nofilter
           level: error
+      - run: |
+          PAT='^\s*runs-on:.*-latest'
+          if grep -ERq $PAT .github/workflows
+          then
+            grep -ERl $PAT .github/workflows |\
+            while read -r f
+            do
+              l=$(grep -nE $PAT .github/workflows/release.yml | awk -F: '{print $1}' | head -1)
+              echo "::error file=$f,line=$l::Please, do not use ubuntu-latest images to run on, use LTS instead."
+            done
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/approved-for-ci-run.yml b/.github/workflows/approved-for-ci-run.yml
index ab616d17e2..b14b66a439 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/approved-for-ci-run.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/approved-for-ci-run.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       contains(fromJSON('["opened", "synchronize", "reopened", "closed"]'), github.event.action) &&
       contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'approved-for-ci-run')
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - run: gh pr --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" edit "${PR_NUMBER}" --remove-label "approved-for-ci-run"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       github.event.action == 'labeled' &&
       contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'approved-for-ci-run')
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - run: gh pr --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" edit "${PR_NUMBER}" --remove-label "approved-for-ci-run"
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
       github.event.action == 'closed' &&
       github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Close PR and delete `ci-run/pr-${{ env.PR_NUMBER }}` branch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
index d5a375d704..57d24063bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
     # - rds-postgres: RDS Postgres db.m5.large instance (2 vCPU, 8 GiB) with gp3 EBS storage
     env:
       RUN_AWS_RDS_AND_AURORA: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_AWS_RDS_AND_AURORA || 'false' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     outputs:
       pgbench-compare-matrix: ${{ steps.pgbench-compare-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
       olap-compare-matrix: ${{ steps.olap-compare-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-build-tools-image.yml b/.github/workflows/build-build-tools-image.yml
index bdf00bcaae..9aacb09d10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-build-tools-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-build-tools-image.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
 
   merge-images:
     needs: [ build-image ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     env:
       IMAGE_TAG: ${{ inputs.image-tag }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index f8c011a0a5..b9caf76060 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
   cancel-previous-e2e-tests:
     needs: [ check-permissions ]
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Cancel previous e2e-tests runs for this PR
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ jobs:
   report-benchmarks-failures:
     needs: [ benchmarks, create-test-report ]
     if: github.ref_name == 'main' && failure() && needs.benchmarks.result == 'failure'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
     - uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ jobs:
 
   neon-image:
     needs: [ neon-image-arch, tag ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: docker/login-action@v3
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ jobs:
 
   compute-node-image:
     needs: [ compute-node-image-arch, tag ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ jobs:
 
   promote-images:
     needs: [ check-permissions, tag, test-images, vm-compute-node-image ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     env:
       VERSIONS: v14 v15 v16
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ jobs:
 
   trigger-custom-extensions-build-and-wait:
     needs: [ check-permissions, tag ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Set PR's status to pending and request a remote CI test
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-build-tools-image.yml b/.github/workflows/check-build-tools-image.yml
index a1e22cf93f..97116940a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-build-tools-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-build-tools-image.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   check-image:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     outputs:
       tag: ${{ steps.get-build-tools-tag.outputs.image-tag }}
       found: ${{ steps.check-image.outputs.found }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-permissions.yml b/.github/workflows/check-permissions.yml
index c3357c6cf8..9c42794797 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-permissions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-permissions.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   check-permissions:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - name: Disallow CI runs on PRs from forks
       if: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cleanup-caches-by-a-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/cleanup-caches-by-a-branch.yml
index d8c225dedb..0c074e36dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cleanup-caches-by-a-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cleanup-caches-by-a-branch.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   cleanup:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Cleanup
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg_clients.yml b/.github/workflows/pg_clients.yml
index 50e3227a74..fef3aec754 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg_clients.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg_clients.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   test-postgres-client-libs:
     # TODO: switch to gen2 runner, requires docker
-    runs-on: [ ubuntu-latest ]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     env:
       DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 14
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pin-build-tools-image.yml b/.github/workflows/pin-build-tools-image.yml
index d495a158e8..024594532f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pin-build-tools-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pin-build-tools-image.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   tag-image:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     env:
       FROM_TAG: ${{ inputs.from-tag }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-notify.yml b/.github/workflows/release-notify.yml
index ba396dba74..8bd10e993c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-notify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-notify.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   notify:
-    runs-on: [ ubuntu-latest ]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: neondatabase/dev-actions/release-pr-notify@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index fe24f6330e..90a3aaaf2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ defaults:
 jobs:
   create-storage-release-branch:
     if: ${{ github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * MON' || format('{0}', inputs.create-storage-release-branch) == 'true' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     permissions:
       contents: write # for `git push`
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
 
   create-proxy-release-branch:
     if: ${{ github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * THU' || format('{0}', inputs.create-proxy-release-branch) == 'true' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     permissions:
       contents: write # for `git push`
diff --git a/.github/workflows/trigger-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/trigger-e2e-tests.yml
index 7111ee37fa..77928a343e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trigger-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trigger-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   cancel-previous-e2e-tests:
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Cancel previous e2e-tests runs for this PR
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
               --field concurrency_group="${{ env.E2E_CONCURRENCY_GROUP }}"
 
   tag:
-    runs-on: [ ubuntu-latest ]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     outputs:
       build-tag: ${{ steps.build-tag.outputs.tag }}
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
 
   trigger-e2e-tests:
     needs: [ tag ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       TAG: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.build-tag }}
     steps: