diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b27ac7ad3..86afa09f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -24,23 +24,23 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    name: Build and Test
+    name: Test
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
         scala: [per-project-matrix]
         java: [temurin@8]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
-      - name: Install sbt
-        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
-
       - name: Checkout current branch (full)
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Setup sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Setup Java (temurin@8)
         id: setup-java-temurin-8
         if: matrix.java == 'temurin@8'
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ jobs:
         run: sbt test
 
       - name: Check binary compatibility
-        if: matrix.java == 'temurin@8' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        if: matrix.java == 'temurin@8' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04'
         run: sbt mimaReportBinaryIssues
 
       - name: Generate API documentation
-        if: matrix.java == 'temurin@8' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        if: matrix.java == 'temurin@8' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04'
         run: sbt doc
 
       - name: Make target directories
@@ -89,18 +89,18 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && (startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main')
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
         java: [temurin@8]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - name: Install sbt
-        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
-
       - name: Checkout current branch (full)
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Setup sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Setup Java (temurin@8)
         id: setup-java-temurin-8
         if: matrix.java == 'temurin@8'
@@ -153,18 +153,18 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event.repository.fork == false && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
         java: [temurin@8]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - name: Install sbt
-        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
-
       - name: Checkout current branch (full)
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Setup sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Setup Java (temurin@8)
         id: setup-java-temurin-8
         if: matrix.java == 'temurin@8'
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Validate Steward Config
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
         java: [temurin@11]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index efc7fc616..b8cc91db7 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ pull_request_rules:
   - or:
     - body~=labels:.*early-semver-patch
     - body~=labels:.*early-semver-minor
-  - status-success=Build and Test (ubuntu-latest, per-project-matrix, temurin@8)
-  - status-success=Validate Steward Config (ubuntu-latest, temurin@11)
+  - status-success=Test (ubuntu-22.04, per-project-matrix, temurin@8)
+  - status-success=Validate Steward Config (ubuntu-22.04, temurin@11)
   actions:
     merge: {}
 - name: Label core PRs
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 19c5cea46..9abea22ca 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 addSbtPlugin("org.portable-scala" % "sbt-scalajs-crossproject" % "1.3.2")
-addSbtPlugin("org.typelevel" % "sbt-typelevel-ci-release" % "0.7.4")
-addSbtPlugin("org.typelevel" % "sbt-typelevel-mergify" % "0.7.4")
-addSbtPlugin("org.typelevel" % "sbt-typelevel-settings" % "0.7.4")
+addSbtPlugin("org.typelevel" % "sbt-typelevel-ci-release" % "0.7.6")
+addSbtPlugin("org.typelevel" % "sbt-typelevel-mergify" % "0.7.6")
+addSbtPlugin("org.typelevel" % "sbt-typelevel-settings" % "0.7.6")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js" % "sbt-scalajs" % "1.17.0")
 addSbtPlugin("ch.epfl.scala" % "sbt-scalafix" % "0.13.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-projectmatrix" % "0.10.0")