diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 4995e088e663..812f79be6b1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write # for googleapis/code-suggester
     name: Update API List PR
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     # don't run the workflow on forks of googleapis/google-cloud-python
     if: ${{github.repository == 'googleapis/google-cloud-python'}}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prerelease-deps.yml b/.github/workflows/prerelease-deps.yml
index a7098fbce4c2..c9ae26cd4314 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prerelease-deps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prerelease-deps.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   prerelease:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python: ["3.15"]