diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 502a5ff..19144e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - plan
       - build-local-artifacts
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME: target/distrib/global-dist-manifest.json
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ always() && needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' && (needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'success') && (needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'success') }}
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     outputs:
       val: ${{ steps.host.outputs.manifest }}
     steps:
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ jobs:
     # still allowing individual publish jobs to skip themselves (for prereleases).
     # "host" however must run to completion, no skipping allowed!
     if: ${{ always() && needs.host.result == 'success' }}
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 94a585e..4713228 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ installers = []
 targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"]
 # Publish jobs to run in CI
 pr-run-mode = "plan"
+
+# 'cargo dist' currently defaults to ubuntu-20.04, we want to run on a newer release
+[workspace.metadata.dist.github-custom-runners]
+x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu = "ubuntu-22.04"