diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
index c6d57f97..9206dfd1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
 
   get_commit_message:
     name: Get commit message
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     outputs:
       message: ${{ steps.commit_message.outputs.message }}
     steps:
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
   trexio_ubuntu:
     name: x86 Ubuntu 20.04
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: get_commit_message
 
     steps:
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@ jobs:
           name: test-report-ubuntu
           path: test-suite.log
 
-      - name: create virtual environment
-        run: |
-          python3 -m venv --clear pytrexio-venv
-          source pytrexio-venv/bin/activate
-
       - name: install Python API
         run: make python-install