diff --git a/.github/workflows/Component.BuildTest.yml b/.github/workflows/Component.BuildTest.yml
index 3c9b79e23b0..4cffbbe989a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Component.BuildTest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Component.BuildTest.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
       os-list:
-        default: '[ "windows-latest", "ubuntu-latest", "otel-linux-arm64" ]'
+        default: '[ "windows-latest", "ubuntu-22.04", "otel-linux-arm64" ]'
         required: false
         type: string
       tfm-list:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         os: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.os-list) }}
         version: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.tfm-list) }}
         exclude:
-        - os: ubuntu-latest
+        - os: ubuntu-22.04
           version: net462
         - os: otel-linux-arm64
           version: net462
diff --git a/.github/workflows/add-labels.yml b/.github/workflows/add-labels.yml
index cae26b876b4..48639374fb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/add-labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/add-labels.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
   add-labels-on-issues:
     if: github.event_name == 'issues' && !github.event.issue.pull_request
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: check out code
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
   add-labels-on-pull-requests:
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: check out code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/automation.yml b/.github/workflows/automation.yml
index 1385474892a..9ea74f72211 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automation.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   resolve-automation:
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     outputs:
       enabled: ${{ steps.evaluate.outputs.enabled }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 73ecbd165ea..3836b361957 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
       || contains(needs.detect-changes.outputs.changes, 'otlp')
       || contains(needs.detect-changes.outputs.changes, 'build')
       || contains(needs.detect-changes.outputs.changes, 'shared')
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
       || contains(needs.detect-changes.outputs.changes, 'instrumentation')
       || contains(needs.detect-changes.outputs.changes, 'build')
       || contains(needs.detect-changes.outputs.changes, 'shared')
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
       concurrency-tests
       ]
     if: always() && !cancelled()
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - run: |
           if ( ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') }} == true ); then echo 'build failed'; exit 1; else echo 'build complete'; fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/concurrency-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/concurrency-tests.yml
index 4ff616911ce..907d7260049 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/concurrency-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/concurrency-tests.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false  # ensures the entire test matrix is run, even if one permutation fails
       matrix:
-        os: [ windows-latest, ubuntu-latest ]
+        os: [ windows-latest, ubuntu-22.04 ]
         version: [ net8.0 ]
         project: [ OpenTelemetry.Tests, OpenTelemetry.Api.Tests ]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdownlint.yml b/.github/workflows/markdownlint.yml
index d2bd52cd10b..5647e28255f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/markdownlint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/markdownlint.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   run-markdownlint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
     - name: check out code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/post-release.yml b/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
index 249fd360da9..bb67ead1e47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post-release.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   push-packages-and-publish-release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     needs: automation
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           -pushToNuget '${{ secrets.NUGET_TOKEN != '' }}'
 
   post-release-published:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     needs:
     - automation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
index a731bbd405c..671cdf9d66c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   prepare-release-pr:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     needs: automation
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           -gitUserEmail '${{ needs.automation.outputs.email }}'
 
   lock-pr-and-post-notice-to-create-release-tag:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     needs: automation
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
           -botUserName '${{ needs.automation.outputs.username }}'
 
   create-release-tag-pr-post-notice:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     needs: automation
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
           -gitUserEmail '${{ needs.automation.outputs.email }}'
 
   update-changelog-release-dates-on-prepare-pr-post-notice:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     needs: automation
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-packages-1.0.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-packages-1.0.yml
index df29e3af554..1d4d699381b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-packages-1.0.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-packages-1.0.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
         nuget push src/**/*.nupkg -Source https://www.myget.org/F/opentelemetry/api/v2/package
 
   post-build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     needs:
     - automation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sanitycheck.yml b/.github/workflows/sanitycheck.yml
index d98f3fea2c9..335d389a9c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sanitycheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sanitycheck.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   run-misspell:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
     - name: check out code
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       run: ./bin/misspell -error .
 
   run-sanitycheck:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
     - name: check out code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 9be0713edb6..da30232dc9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   stale:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/stale@v9
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verifyaotcompat.yml b/.github/workflows/verifyaotcompat.yml
index 3bdc42e3e7f..b85eaf5ca2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verifyaotcompat.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verifyaotcompat.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false # ensures the entire test matrix is run, even if one permutation fails
       matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-22.04, windows-latest ]
         version: [ net8.0, net9.0 ]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}