diff --git a/.github/workflows/module-verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/module-verify.yaml
index 17b99be413f9d..75bd825f97ee6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/module-verify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/module-verify.yaml
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       BUCKET: aptos-testnet-backup-2223d95b
       SUB_DIR: e1
       BACKUP_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH: terraform/helm/fullnode/files/backup/s3-public.yaml
-      # workflow config
-      RUNS_ON: high-perf-docker-with-local-ssd
+      RUNS_ON: runs-on,cpu=96,family=c5d+c5ad,image=aptos-ubuntu-x64,run-id=${{ github.run_id }},spot=false
       TIMEOUT_MINUTES: 20
 
   verify-modules-mainnet:
@@ -51,8 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       BUCKET: aptos-mainnet-backup-backup-831a69a8
       SUB_DIR: e1
       BACKUP_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH: terraform/helm/fullnode/files/backup/s3-public.yaml
-      # workflow config
-      RUNS_ON: high-perf-docker-with-local-ssd
+      RUNS_ON: runs-on,cpu=96,family=c5d+c5ad,image=aptos-ubuntu-x64,run-id=${{ github.run_id }},spot=false
       TIMEOUT_MINUTES: 20
 
   test-verify-modules:
@@ -64,6 +62,5 @@ jobs:
       BUCKET: aptos-testnet-backup-2223d95b
       SUB_DIR: e1
       BACKUP_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH: terraform/helm/fullnode/files/backup/s3-public.yaml
-      # workflow config
-      RUNS_ON: "high-perf-docker-with-local-ssd"
+      RUNS_ON: "runs-on,cpu=96,family=c5d+c5ad,image=aptos-ubuntu-x64,run-id=${{ github.run_id }},spot=false"
       TIMEOUT_MINUTES: 20
diff --git a/.github/workflows/replay-verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/replay-verify.yaml
index ac498ad123fc4..e1a62c5ff1146 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/replay-verify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/replay-verify.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 22 * * 0,2,4" # The main branch cadence. This runs every Sun,Tues,Thurs
 
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+
 # cancel redundant builds
 concurrency:
   # cancel redundant builds on PRs (only on PR, not on branches)
@@ -70,8 +73,7 @@ jobs:
       # 1195000000-122000000: https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core/pull/13832
       RANGES_TO_SKIP: "1195000000-1220000000"
       BACKUP_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH: terraform/helm/fullnode/files/backup/gcs.yaml
-      # workflow config
-      RUNS_ON: "high-perf-docker-with-local-ssd"
+      RUNS_ON: "runs-on,cpu=96,family=c5d+c5ad,image=aptos-ubuntu-x64,run-id=${{ github.run_id }},spot=false"
       TIMEOUT_MINUTES: 180
       MAX_VERSIONS_PER_RANGE: 2000000
 
@@ -94,8 +96,7 @@ jobs:
       # 1197378568-1198492648: https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core/pull/13832
       RANGES_TO_SKIP: "1197378568-1198492648"
       BACKUP_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH: terraform/helm/fullnode/files/backup/gcs.yaml
-      # workflow config
-      RUNS_ON: "high-perf-docker-with-local-ssd"
+      RUNS_ON: "runs-on,cpu=96,family=c5d+c5ad,image=aptos-ubuntu-x64,run-id=${{ github.run_id }},spot=false"
       TIMEOUT_MINUTES: 180
       MAX_VERSIONS_PER_RANGE: 800000
 
@@ -115,7 +116,6 @@ jobs:
       # 1195000000-1220000000: https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core/pull/13832
       RANGES_TO_SKIP: "1195000000-1220000000"
       BACKUP_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH: terraform/helm/fullnode/files/backup/gcs.yaml
-      # workflow config
-      RUNS_ON: "high-perf-docker-with-local-ssd"
+      RUNS_ON: "runs-on,cpu=96,family=c5d+c5ad,image=aptos-ubuntu-x64,run-id=${{ github.run_id }},spot=false"
       TIMEOUT_MINUTES: 120 # increase test replay timeout to capture more flaky errors
       MAX_VERSIONS_PER_RANGE: 2000000
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-run-module-verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflow-run-module-verify.yaml
index de16bbade2ffe..5dc0356323b7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-run-module-verify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-run-module-verify.yaml
@@ -20,12 +20,11 @@ on:
         description: "The path to the backup config template to use."
         type: string
         required: true
-      # GHA job config
       RUNS_ON:
         description: "The runner to use for the job."
         type: string
         required: true
-        default: "high-perf-docker-with-local-ssd"
+        default: runs-on,cpu=96,family=c5d+c5ad,image=aptos-ubuntu-x64,spot=false
       TIMEOUT_MINUTES:
         description: "Github job timeout in minutes"
         type: number
@@ -42,10 +41,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.GIT_SHA }}
 
-      - uses: aptos-labs/aptos-core/.github/actions/rust-setup@main
-        with:
-          GIT_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.GIT_CREDENTIALS }}
-
       - name: Install AWS CLI
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-run-replay-verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflow-run-replay-verify.yaml
index 40788a9fa0e28..cd0989896a4e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-run-replay-verify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-run-replay-verify.yaml
@@ -33,12 +33,11 @@ on:
         description: "The path to the backup config template to use."
         type: string
         required: true
-      # GHA job config
       RUNS_ON:
         description: "The runner to use for the job."
         type: string
         required: true
-        default: "high-perf-docker-with-local-ssd"
+        default: runs-on,cpu=96,family=c5d+c5ad,image=aptos-ubuntu-x64,spot=false
       TIMEOUT_MINUTES:
         description: "Github job timeout in minutes"
         type: number
@@ -81,12 +80,6 @@ on:
         description: "The path to the backup config template to use."
         type: string
         required: true
-      # GHA job config
-      RUNS_ON:
-        description: "The runner to use for the job."
-        type: string
-        required: true
-        default: "high-perf-docker-with-local-ssd"
       MAX_VERSIONS_PER_RANGE:
         description: "The maximum number of versions to process in a single job."
         type: number
@@ -126,11 +119,11 @@ jobs:
           strip -s target/release/aptos-debugger
           cp target/release/aptos-debugger .
 
-      - name: Install GCloud SDK
-        uses: "google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2"
+      - name: Authenticate with Google Cloud
+        uses: "google-github-actions/auth@v2"
         with:
-          version: ">= 418.0.0"
-          install_components: "kubectl,gke-gcloud-auth-plugin"
+          workload_identity_provider: ${{ secrets.GCP_WORKLOAD_IDENTITY_PROVIDER }}
+          service_account: ${{ secrets.GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL }}
 
       - name: get timestamp to use in cache key
         id: get-timestamp
@@ -208,11 +201,11 @@ jobs:
           key: backup-config-${{ inputs.BUCKET }}/${{ inputs.SUB_DIR }}-${{ github.run_id }}
           fail-on-cache-miss: true
 
-      - name: Install GCloud SDK
-        uses: "google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2"
+      - name: Authenticate with Google Cloud
+        uses: "google-github-actions/auth@v2"
         with:
-          version: ">= 418.0.0"
-          install_components: "kubectl,gke-gcloud-auth-plugin"
+          workload_identity_provider: ${{ secrets.GCP_WORKLOAD_IDENTITY_PROVIDER }}
+          service_account: ${{ secrets.GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL }}
 
       - name: Run replay-verify in parallel
         env: