diff --git a/.github/workflows/_test.yml b/.github/workflows/_test.yml
index 668608d6b..1d647a2bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_test.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os:
-          - ubuntu-20.04
+          - ${{ vars.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
         node-version:
           - 12.x
           - 14.x
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index fc5664ff1..6c8fc07f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
   npm-publish:
     needs: unit-tests
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && needs.unit-tests.result == 'success'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Install Node.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     # note: github actions won't run a job if you don't call one of the status check functions, so `always()` is called since it evalutes to `true`
     if: ${{ always() && needs.unit-tests.result == 'success' && (needs.npm-publish.result == 'success' || needs.npm-publish.result == 'skipped') }}
     needs: [unit-tests, npm-publish]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_VERSION }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Build Docker images