diff --git a/.github/workflows/00-init.yml b/.github/workflows/00-init.yml
index 3e8b7710099..a6cf6b44439 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/00-init.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/00-init.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   init:
     name: Init
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/00-scan-secrets.yml b/.github/workflows/00-scan-secrets.yml
index 594354ee727..29a11b37a6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/00-scan-secrets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/00-scan-secrets.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   TruffleHog:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/01-build-outputs.yml b/.github/workflows/01-build-outputs.yml
index 21a90a90393..0244c53c632 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/01-build-outputs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/01-build-outputs.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-showcases:
     name: Build outputs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/01-build-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/01-build-packages.yml
index dcbee4cc087..fbe0b3dd861 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/01-build-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/01-build-packages.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-stencil-targets:
     name: Build Packages
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/01-build-patternhub.yml b/.github/workflows/01-build-patternhub.yml
index af9a5164002..1cb613c0223 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/01-build-patternhub.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/01-build-patternhub.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-patternhub:
     name: Build Patternhub
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     outputs:
       path: ${{ steps.build.outputs.path }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/01-build-showcases.yml b/.github/workflows/01-build-showcases.yml
index 9d430f916bf..7521849cbeb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/01-build-showcases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/01-build-showcases.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-showcases:
     name: Build Showcase ${{ inputs.showcase }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/01-get-playwright-version.yml b/.github/workflows/01-get-playwright-version.yml
index 11305198c36..b9ced0d03fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/01-get-playwright-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/01-get-playwright-version.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   playwright-version:
     name: Get and save publish version
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     outputs:
       version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.result }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/01-get-publish-version.yml b/.github/workflows/01-get-publish-version.yml
index 6e40799e77a..4a0caf59e4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/01-get-publish-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/01-get-publish-version.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   publish:
     name: Get and save publish version
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     outputs:
       release: ${{ steps.releaseCheck.outputs.release }}
       preRelease: ${{ steps.releaseCheck.outputs.preRelease }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/01-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/01-lint.yml
index 2dc38fe329b..5e145464848 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/01-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/01-lint.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   lint:
     name: Lint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     steps:
       - name: ⏬️ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/01-test.yml b/.github/workflows/01-test.yml
index 714f77cc4e7..648a7c2abdf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/01-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/01-test.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     steps:
       - name: ⏬️ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/02-e2e-foundations.yml b/.github/workflows/02-e2e-foundations.yml
index 013e6e56927..d55429f728b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/02-e2e-foundations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/02-e2e-foundations.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   playwright-foundations:
     name: 🧪🎭 - foundations
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     container:
       image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v${{ inputs.version }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/02-e2e-regenerate.yml b/.github/workflows/02-e2e-regenerate.yml
index 0dfa4df9cac..03e83f3524b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/02-e2e-regenerate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/02-e2e-regenerate.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   regenerate-snapshots:
     name: 🧪🎭 - Regenerate snapshots ${{ inputs.type }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     container:
       image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v${{ inputs.version }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/02-e2e-showcases.yml b/.github/workflows/02-e2e-showcases.yml
index 980245aaa13..7096c72cfa5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/02-e2e-showcases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/02-e2e-showcases.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   playwright-showcases:
     name: 🧪🎭 - ${{ inputs.showcase }}:${{ matrix.shardIndex }}/${{ matrix.shardTotal }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     container:
       image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v${{ inputs.version }}
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/02-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/02-e2e.yml
index 8805055e620..dee085aca1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/02-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/02-e2e.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   playwright-ct:
     name: 🧪🎭 - ${{ matrix.framework }}:${{ matrix.shardIndex }}/${{ matrix.shardTotal }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     container:
       image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v${{ inputs.version }}
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/03-deploy-gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/03-deploy-gh-pages.yml
index 70be335eaf8..303446386d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/03-deploy-gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/03-deploy-gh-pages.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   deploy:
     name: Deploy
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/03-publish-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/03-publish-packages.yml
index 61ac1907a91..81f1be2ea48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/03-publish-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/03-publish-packages.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   publish:
     name: Publish latest package versions to GitHub Packages
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       contents: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/99-add-url-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/99-add-url-comment.yml
index be7df2dedc2..ca32f9698d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/99-add-url-comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/99-add-url-comment.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   url:
     name: 💬 Add url for gh-page as issue comment to PR
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/99-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/99-auto-merge.yml
index 5e34ea17048..2d4310dc053 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/99-auto-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/99-auto-merge.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   dependabot:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Dependabot metadata
diff --git a/.github/workflows/99-codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/99-codeql-analysis.yml
index fd5247ffe4a..9b816cea988 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/99-codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/99-codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   analyze:
     name: Analyze
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/99-dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/99-dependency-review.yml
index cba34507fda..6e629d7666c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/99-dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/99-dependency-review.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   dependency-review:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/99-labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/99-labeler.yml
index 76b0b4ce4d2..27b7bf5cbc6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/99-labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/99-labeler.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   triage:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     steps:
       - name: 🏷️ Labeler
         uses: actions/labeler@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml
index e9ab54bf972..a0f2cee5d14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   clean:
     name: Clean
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/default.yml b/.github/workflows/default.yml
index c518db9ffc6..754d4f1a79b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/default.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/default.yml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
 
   checks-done:
     if: ${{ always() }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     steps:
       - name: 🎉 Checks done
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a8e7e8aac30..dcb4512be85 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
 
   checks-done:
     if: ${{ always() }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
     steps:
       - name: 🎉 Checks done
         run: |