diff --git a/.github/workflows/azureml-cpu-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/azureml-cpu-nightly.yml
index 616707f7f..2f61b0c92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/azureml-cpu-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/azureml-cpu-nightly.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   get-test-groups:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ jobs:
   execute-tests:
     needs: get-test-groups
     name: ${{ join(matrix.*, ', ') }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 120 
     permissions:
       id-token: write # This is required for requesting the JWT
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/azureml-gpu-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/azureml-gpu-nightly.yml
index 23cffda0a..b69d7fb9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/azureml-gpu-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/azureml-gpu-nightly.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   get-test-groups:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ jobs:
   execute-tests:
     needs: get-test-groups
     name: ${{ join(matrix.*, ', ') }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 120 
     permissions:
       id-token: write # This is required for requesting the JWT
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/azureml-release-pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/azureml-release-pipeline.yml
index 983cce9db..66e48ca48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/azureml-release-pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/azureml-release-pipeline.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   create-release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: [unit-test-workflow, cpu-nightly-workflow, gpu-nightly-workflow, spark-nightly-workflow]
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/azureml-spark-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/azureml-spark-nightly.yml
index da508ebe4..7f9987d15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/azureml-spark-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/azureml-spark-nightly.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   get-test-groups:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ jobs:
   execute-tests:
     needs: get-test-groups
     name: ${{ join(matrix.*, ', ') }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 120 
     permissions:
       id-token: write # This is required for requesting the JWT
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/azureml-unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/azureml-unit-tests.yml
index 0f7ed2a18..9766d8831 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/azureml-unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/azureml-unit-tests.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   get-test-groups:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ jobs:
   execute-tests:
     needs: get-test-groups
     name: ${{ join(matrix.*, ', ') }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 120 
     permissions:
       id-token: write # This is required for requesting the JWT
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sarplus.yml b/.github/workflows/sarplus.yml
index 90d03fef6..832249c26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sarplus.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sarplus.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     # Test pysarplus with different versions of Python.
     # Package pysarplus and upload as GitHub workflow artifact when merged into
     # the main branch.
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/update_documentation.yml
index 30e2eadf1..bcac8bd2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_documentation.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository