diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
index 45765cee9..302eaeb17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         containerd_version: ['lts', 'active']
         vmm: ['clh', 'dragonball', 'qemu', 'stratovirt']
-    runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2204-smaller
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}
       GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         containerd_version: ['lts', 'active']
         vmm: ['clh', 'cloud-hypervisor', 'dragonball', 'qemu', 'stratovirt']
-    runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2204-smaller
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}
       GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         containerd_version: ['lts', 'active']
         vmm: ['clh', 'qemu', 'dragonball', 'stratovirt']
-    runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2204-smaller
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}
       GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
         run: bash tests/integration/nydus/gha-run.sh run
 
   run-runk:
-    runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2204-smaller
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       CONTAINERD_VERSION: lts
     steps:
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
         vmm:
           - clh # cloud-hypervisor
           - qemu
-    runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2204-smaller
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-garm.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-garm.yaml
index 7853cffd8..0a2b6dfc0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-garm.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-garm.yaml
@@ -38,13 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         k8s:
           - k3s
         instance:
-          - garm-ubuntu-2004
-          - garm-ubuntu-2004-smaller
-        include:
-          - instance: garm-ubuntu-2004
-            instance-type: normal
-          - instance: garm-ubuntu-2004-smaller
-            instance-type: small
+          - ubuntu-20.04
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.instance }}
     env:
       DOCKER_REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.registry }}
@@ -55,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       KUBERNETES: ${{ matrix.k8s }}
       SNAPSHOTTER: ${{ matrix.snapshotter }}
       USING_NFD: "false"
-      K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: ${{ matrix.instance-type }}
+      K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: normal
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-with-crio-on-garm.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-with-crio-on-garm.yaml
index 0370e1031..276dacb5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-with-crio-on-garm.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-with-crio-on-garm.yaml
@@ -32,13 +32,10 @@ jobs:
         k8s:
           - k0s
         instance:
-          - garm-ubuntu-2204
-          - garm-ubuntu-2204-smaller
+          - ubuntu-22.04
         include:
-          - instance: garm-ubuntu-2204
+          - instance: ubuntu-22.04
             instance-type: normal
-          - instance: garm-ubuntu-2204-smaller
-            instance-type: small
           - k8s: k0s
             k8s-extra-params: '--cri-socket remote:unix:///var/run/crio/crio.sock --kubelet-extra-args --cgroup-driver="systemd"'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.instance }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-kata-monitor-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-kata-monitor-tests.yaml
index 98e2a2276..45df74e67 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-kata-monitor-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-kata-monitor-tests.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - container_engine: containerd
             containerd_version: lts
-    runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2204-smaller
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       CONTAINER_ENGINE: ${{ matrix.container_engine }}
       CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml
index 3a232177b..35cd1596f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       instance: ubuntu-20.04
 
   build-checks-depending-on-kvm:
-    runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2004-smaller
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: