diff --git a/.github/zombienet-tests/zombienet_cumulus_tests.yml b/.github/zombienet-tests/zombienet_cumulus_tests.yml
index 3760e284359c9..2de3c3160799d 100644
--- a/.github/zombienet-tests/zombienet_cumulus_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/zombienet-tests/zombienet_cumulus_tests.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 - job-name: "zombienet-cumulus-0001-sync_blocks_from_tip_without_connected_collator"
   test-filter: "zombie_ci::sync_blocks::sync_blocks_from_tip_without_connected_collator"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   cumulus-image: "test-parachain"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-cumulus-0002-pov_recovery"
   test-filter: "zombie_ci::pov_recovery::pov_recovery"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   cumulus-image: "test-parachain"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-cumulus-0003-full_node_catching_up"
   test-filter: "zombie_ci::full_node_catching_up::full_node_catching_up"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   cumulus-image: "test-parachain"
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-cumulus-0004-runtime_upgrade"
@@ -30,19 +30,19 @@
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-cumulus-0006-rpc_collator_builds_blocks"
   test-filter: "zombie_ci::rpc_collator_build_blocks::rpc_collator_builds_blocks"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   cumulus-image: "test-parachain"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-cumulus-0007-full_node_warp_sync"
   test-filter: "zombie_ci::full_node_warp_sync::full_node_warp_sync"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   cumulus-image: "test-parachain"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-cumulus-0008-elastic_authoring"
   test-filter: "zombie_ci::elastic_scaling::slot_based_authoring::elastic_scaling_slot_based_authoring"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   cumulus-image: "test-parachain"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 # See https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/8986
 - job-name: "zombienet-cumulus-0009-elastic_scaling_pov_recovery"
   test-filter: "zombie_ci::elastic_scaling::pov_recovery::elastic_scaling_pov_recovery"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   cumulus-image: "test-parachain"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
 
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@
 # See https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/8999
 - job-name: "zombienet-cumulus-0010-elastic_scaling_multiple_block_per_slot"
   test-filter: "zombie_ci::elastic_scaling::multiple_blocks_per_slot::elastic_scaling_multiple_blocks_per_slot"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   cumulus-image: "test-parachain"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-cumulus-0011-dht-bootnodes"
   test-filter: "zombie_ci::bootnodes::dht_bootnodes_test"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   cumulus-image: "polkadot-parachain-debug"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
 
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-cumulus-0013-elastic_scaling_slot_based_rp_offset"
   test-filter: "zombie_ci::elastic_scaling::slot_based_rp_offset::elastic_scaling_slot_based_relay_parent_offset_test"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   cumulus-image: "test-parachain"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-cumulus-0014-elastic_scaling_upgrade_to_3_cores"
   test-filter: "zombie_ci::elastic_scaling::upgrade_to_3_cores::elastic_scaling_upgrade_to_3_cores"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   cumulus-image: "test-parachain"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
   needs-wasm-binary: true
diff --git a/.github/zombienet-tests/zombienet_polkadot_tests.yml b/.github/zombienet-tests/zombienet_polkadot_tests.yml
index bfae60cc46a71..3e3fd238b068f 100644
--- a/.github/zombienet-tests/zombienet_polkadot_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/zombienet-tests/zombienet_polkadot_tests.yml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-functional-0001-parachains-pvf"
   test-definition: "0001-parachains-pvf.zndsl"
   local-dir: "./polkadot/zombienet_tests/functional"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   concurrency: 1
   use-zombienet-sdk: false
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-functional-0002-parachains-disputes"
   test-definition: "0002-parachains-disputes.zndsl"
   local-dir: "./polkadot/zombienet_tests/functional"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   concurrency: 1
   use-zombienet-sdk: false
 
@@ -22,31 +22,31 @@
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-functional-0004-parachains-disputes-garbage-candidate"
   test-definition: "0004-parachains-garbage-candidate.zndsl"
   local-dir: "./polkadot/zombienet_tests/functional"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: false
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-functional-0006-parachains-max-tranche0"
   test-definition: "0006-parachains-max-tranche0.zndsl"
   local-dir: "./polkadot/zombienet_tests/functional"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: false
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-functional-0007-dispute-freshly-finalized"
   test-definition: "0007-dispute-freshly-finalized.zndsl"
   local-dir: "./polkadot/zombienet_tests/functional"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: false
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-functional-0013-systematic-chunk-recovery"
   test-definition: "0013-systematic-chunk-recovery.zndsl"
   local-dir: "./polkadot/zombienet_tests/functional"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: false
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-functional-0014-chunk-fetching-network-compatibility"
   test-definition: "0014-chunk-fetching-network-compatibility.zndsl"
   local-dir: "./polkadot/zombienet_tests/functional"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: false
   additional-setup: |
     BIN_DIR="$(pwd)/bin_old"
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-functional-0015-coretime-shared-core"
   test-definition: "0015-coretime-shared-core.zndsl"
   local-dir: "./polkadot/zombienet_tests/functional"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: false
   additional-setup: |
     cp --remove-destination ./polkadot/zombienet_tests/assign-core.js ./polkadot/zombienet_tests/functional
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-functional-0019-coretime-collation-fetching-fairness"
   test-definition: "0019-coretime-collation-fetching-fairness.zndsl"
   local-dir: "./polkadot/zombienet_tests/functional"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: false
   additional-setup: |
     cp --remove-destination ./polkadot/zombienet_tests/assign-core.js ./polkadot/zombienet_tests/functional
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-smoke-0004-coretime-smoke-test"
   test-definition: "0004-coretime-smoke-test.zndsl"
   local-dir: "./polkadot/zombienet_tests/smoke"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: false
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-smoke-0005-precompile-pvf-smoke"
   test-definition: "0005-precompile-pvf-smoke.zndsl"
   local-dir: "./polkadot/zombienet_tests/smoke"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: false
 
 # Misc tests using traditional zombienet
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-misc-0001-parachains-paritydb"
   test-definition: "0001-paritydb.zndsl"
   local-dir: "./polkadot/zombienet_tests/misc"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: false
 
 # TODO: needs to resolve how to pass the GH_TOKEN to pods
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-malus-0001-dispute-valid"
   test-definition: "0001-dispute-valid-block.zndsl"
   local-dir: "./polkadot/node/malus/integrationtests"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: false
 
 # SDK tests using zombienet-sdk
@@ -153,43 +153,43 @@
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-elastic-scaling-slot-based-3cores"
   test-filter: "elastic_scaling::slot_based_3cores::slot_based_3cores_test"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
   cumulus-image: "test-parachain"
 
 # TODO: Disabled, fails very often with zombienet native provider
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-elastic-scaling-slot-based-12cores"
   test-filter: "elastic_scaling::slot_based_12cores::slot_based_12cores_test"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
   cumulus-image: "test-parachain"
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-elastic-scaling-doesnt-break-parachains"
   test-filter: "elastic_scaling::doesnt_break_parachains::doesnt_break_parachains_test"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-elastic-scaling-basic-3cores"
   test-filter: "elastic_scaling::basic_3cores::basic_3cores_test"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
   cumulus-image: "colander"
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-functional-sync-backing"
   test-filter: "functional::sync_backing::sync_backing_test"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
   cumulus-image: "test-parachain"
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-functional-async-backing-6-seconds-rate"
   test-filter: "functional::async_backing_6_seconds_rate::async_backing_6_seconds_rate_test"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
 
 # TODO: Disabled, occasionally (1 on ~50-100 runs) fails
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-functional-duplicate-collations"
   test-filter: "functional::duplicate_collations::duplicate_collations_test"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
 
 # TODO: Disabled, occasionally (2 on ~50-70 runs) fails
@@ -201,19 +201,19 @@
 # TODO: Disabled, occasionally (1 on ~50-100 runs) fails
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-functional-spam-statement-distribution-requests"
   test-filter: "functional::spam_statement_distribution_requests::spam_statement_distribution_requests_test"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
   cumulus-image: "colander"
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-approval-voting-coalescing"
   test-filter: "functional::approval_voting_coalescing::approval_voting_coalescing_test"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
   cumulus-image: "colander"
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-approved-peer-mixed-validators"
   test-filter: "functional::approved_peer_mixed_validators::approved_peer_mixed_validators_test"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
   cumulus-image: "colander"
   additional-setup: |
@@ -240,15 +240,15 @@
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-functional-validator-disabling"
   test-filter: "functional::validator_disabling::validator_disabling_test"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-dispute-old-finalized"
   test-filter: "functional::dispute_old_finalized::dispute_old_finalized"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true
 
 - job-name: "zombienet-polkadot-shared-core-idle-parachain"
   test-filter: "functional::shared_core_idle_parachain::shared_core_idle_parachain_test"
-  runner-type: "large"
+  runner-type: "default"
   use-zombienet-sdk: true