diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 364ce38b9..fb6de5753 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   docker-targets-build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_type == 'tag'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           name: docker-targets-build-${{ env.PLATFORM_PAIR }}
           path: target/${{ matrix.platform.target }}.tar
   docker-publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: [ docker-targets-build ]
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_type == 'tag'
     steps:
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ jobs:
           include_passed: true
 
   wasm-rpc-stub:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ jobs:
         sharding-tests,
       ]
     if: "startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ jobs:
   publish-slack-notification:
     if: ${{ always() && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}
     needs: [ publish, docker-publish, publish_cli_binaries ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Publish Slack Notification
         uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
diff --git a/Makefile.toml b/Makefile.toml
index da1cb7a89..9e9a71a54 100644
--- a/Makefile.toml
+++ b/Makefile.toml
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ args = ["-v", "./target/golem-service.yaml", "./openapi/golem-service.yaml"]
 [tasks.publish]
 description = "Publishes packages to crates.io"
 dependencies = [
-    "build-release",
     "publish-golem-wasm-ast",
     "publish-golem-wasm-rpc",
     "publish-golem-wasm-rpc-stubgen",