diff --git a/provider-ci/providers/azure/config.yaml b/provider-ci/providers/azure/config.yaml
index d0e96ff08..c4d25b406 100644
--- a/provider-ci/providers/azure/config.yaml
+++ b/provider-ci/providers/azure/config.yaml
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ goBuildParallelism: 2
 javaGenVersion: "v0.8.0"
 runner:
   buildSdk: pulumi-ubuntu-8core
+  publish: pulumi-ubuntu-8core
diff --git a/provider-ci/providers/azure/repo/.github/workflows/master.yml b/provider-ci/providers/azure/repo/.github/workflows/master.yml
index d9044d67f..e3c9769df 100644
--- a/provider-ci/providers/azure/repo/.github/workflows/master.yml
+++ b/provider-ci/providers/azure/repo/.github/workflows/master.yml
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     name: publish
     needs: test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: pulumi-ubuntu-8core
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Repo
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/provider-ci/providers/azure/repo/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml b/provider-ci/providers/azure/repo/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
index 7cee702e3..894c17955 100644
--- a/provider-ci/providers/azure/repo/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
+++ b/provider-ci/providers/azure/repo/.github/workflows/prerelease.yml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     name: publish
     needs: test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: pulumi-ubuntu-8core
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Repo
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/provider-ci/providers/azure/repo/.github/workflows/release.yml b/provider-ci/providers/azure/repo/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e6955c67f..f6428a56b 100644
--- a/provider-ci/providers/azure/repo/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/provider-ci/providers/azure/repo/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     name: publish
     needs: test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: pulumi-ubuntu-8core
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Repo
       uses: actions/checkout@v3