diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge.yaml b/.github/workflows/automerge.yaml
index 0dee22443d0..05d0f9f0d5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
 
   approve:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on:
+      group: default
     steps:
       - name: Approve PR
         uses: hmarr/auto-approve-action@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/charts-lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/charts-lint.yaml
index f44a1242dd3..c6cb5676143 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/charts-lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/charts-lint.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   lint-and-verify:
     name: Lint Charts and Verify Dependencies
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on:
+      group: default
     steps:
       - name: Checkout [master]
         if: inputs.chartChangesDetected == 'true'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/charts-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/charts-release.yaml
index 5b6ae541dfd..9f853446521 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/charts-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/charts-release.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
   check_changes:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on:
+      group: default
     outputs:
       changes_detected: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.changed }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/charts-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/charts-test.yaml
index 2db0ae1e032..eb089db2302 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/charts-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/charts-test.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   generate-install-matrix:
     name: Generate matrix for install
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on:
+      group: default
     outputs:
       matrix1: |
         {
@@ -574,7 +575,8 @@ jobs:
       - install-charts6
     if: ${{ always() }}
     name: Install successful
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on:
+      group: default
     steps:
       - name: Check install matrix status
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/common-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/common-tests.yaml
index e8217afc7e9..851e76534b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/common-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/common-tests.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   check_changes:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on:
+      group: default
     outputs:
       changes_detected: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.changed }}
 
@@ -275,7 +276,8 @@ jobs:
     needs: [lint, unittest, install]
     if: ${{ always() }}
     name: Common Tets Completed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on:
+      group: default
     steps:
       - name: Check Results
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-validate.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-validate.yaml
index ee58656b437..e5470187f9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-validate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-validate.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   pr-changes:
     name: Collect PR changes
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on:
+      group: default
     outputs:
       addedOrModified: ${{ steps.collect-changes.outputs.changesDetected }}
       addedOrModifiedFiles: ${{ steps.collect-changes.outputs.addedOrModifiedFiles }}
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ jobs:
 
   print_head_msg:
     name: Print commit message
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on:
+      group: default
     outputs:
       head-commit-message: ${{ steps.get_head_commit_message.outputs.headCommitMsg }}
       pr-title: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
@@ -71,7 +73,8 @@ jobs:
 
   finished:
     name: Finished PR Tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on:
+      group: default
     if: always()
     needs:
       - pr-changes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/schedule-sync-labels.yaml b/.github/workflows/schedule-sync-labels.yaml
index 5ef7c759566..ac0a060c152 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/schedule-sync-labels.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/schedule-sync-labels.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ on: # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 jobs:
   labels:
     name: Sync Labels
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on:
+      group: default
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5