diff --git a/xtask/src/bin_version.rs b/xtask/src/bin_version.rs
index 325dc26b1..4d3341b64 100644
--- a/xtask/src/bin_version.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/bin_version.rs
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ pub const GRCOV: CargoPackage = CargoPackage::new("grcov", "0.8.19");
 pub const WASM_PACK: CargoPackage = CargoPackage::new("wasm-pack", "0.12.1");
 pub const TYPOS_CLI: CargoPackage = CargoPackage::new("typos-cli", "1.16.23").with_binary_name("typos");
 
-pub const WABT_VERSION: &str = "1.0.33";
+pub const WABT_VERSION: &str = "1.0.36";
diff --git a/xtask/src/wasm.rs b/xtask/src/wasm.rs
index d2a2b8da5..648f11eaa 100644
--- a/xtask/src/wasm.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/wasm.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fn install_wasm2wat(sh: &Shell) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     } else if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
         "macos-14"
     } else {
-        "ubuntu"
+        "ubuntu-20.04"
     };
 
     let url = format!(