diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples-mpi.yml b/.github/workflows/examples-mpi.yml
index cddf0a166c0..d5a9083ec61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples-mpi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples-mpi.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Examples with mpi
-    runs-on: ["self-hosted", "mpi", "examples"]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        mpi: [ 'mpich', 'openmpi']
 
     env:
       DEVITO_MPI: "1"
@@ -44,6 +47,11 @@ jobs:
         echo "PATH=$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
+    - name: Setup MPI
+      uses: mpi4py/setup-mpi@v1
+      with:
+        mpi: ${{ matrix.mpi }}
+
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         pip install --upgrade pip