diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_container.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_container.yaml
index a4eb406..4c792a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_container.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_container.yaml
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ defaults:
 jobs:
   prepare_ci_run:
     name: Prepare CI Run
-    runs-on:
-      group: "enterprise/cncf/Default"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       GIT_SHA: ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.GIT_SHA }}
       BRANCH: ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.BRANCH }}
@@ -62,8 +61,7 @@ jobs:
   build_image:
     name: Build Container Image
     needs: prepare_ci_run
-    runs-on:
-      group: "enterprise/cncf/Default"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       BRANCH: ${{ needs.prepare_ci_run.outputs.BRANCH }}
       DATETIME: ${{ needs.prepare_ci_run.outputs.DATETIME }}
@@ -107,8 +105,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Upload images to ghcr registry
     needs: [ prepare_ci_run, build_image ]
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && needs.prepare_ci_run.outputs.NON_FORKED_AND_NON_ROBOT_RUN == 'true' # only run on push to main/maintenance branches
-    runs-on:
-      group: "enterprise/cncf/Default"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       DATETIME: ${{ needs.prepare_ci_run.outputs.DATETIME }}
       BUILD_TIME: ${{ needs.prepare_ci_run.outputs.BUILD_TIME }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci_lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/golangci_lint.yaml
index a36ca49..4c6f75f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci_lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golangci_lint.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   golangci-lint:
-    runs-on:
-      group: "enterprise/cncf/Default"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 3936132..7c51001 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write  # for google-github-actions/release-please-action to create release commit
       pull-requests: write  # for google-github-actions/release-please-action to create release PR
-    runs-on:
-      group: "enterprise/cncf/Default"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       releases_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
       tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
@@ -39,8 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     needs:
       - release-please
-    runs-on:
-      group: "enterprise/cncf/Default"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
         uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
@@ -82,8 +80,7 @@ jobs:
     if: needs.release-please.outputs.releases_created == 'true'
     needs:
       - release-please
-    runs-on:
-      group: "enterprise/cncf/Default"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
       packages: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic_pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/semantic_pr.yaml
index ca07f1a..b407c06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semantic_pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic_pr.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ defaults:
     shell: bash
 jobs:
   validate:
-    runs-on:
-      group: "enterprise/cncf/Default"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read # Needed for checking out the repository
       pull-requests: read # Needed for reading prs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index b00988d..732e047 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on:
-      group: "enterprise/cncf/Default"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4