diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 50a7baf29c..1feddb7647 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   ui:
     name: UI
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 6
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git diff --exit-code
   codegen:
     name: Codegen
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
 
   unit-tests:
     name: Unit Tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 10
     services:
       redis:
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
 
   lint:
     name: Lint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 10
     env:
       GOPATH: /home/runner/go
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
 
   e2e-tests:
     name: E2E Tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: [ build-rust-amd64 ]
     timeout-minutes: 20
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
index 51bdb6bfbc..5f5179fb37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-build.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           path: dist
 
   build-rust-amd64:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: ./rust
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           path: rust/numaflow-rs-linux-amd64
 
   build-rust-arm64:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: ./rust
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index dcab109e0e..23a05eacb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           path: dist
 
   build-rust-amd64:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: ./rust
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           path: rust/numaflow-rs-linux-amd64
 
   build-rust-arm64:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: ./rust
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
   build-push-linux-multi:
     name: Build & push linux/amd64 and linux/arm64
     needs: [ build-go-binaries, build-rust-amd64, build-rust-arm64]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: github.repository == 'numaproj/numaflow'
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/pkg/daemon/client/grpc_daemon_client.go b/pkg/daemon/client/grpc_daemon_client.go
index fa30ec0c4e..6b1d0040db 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/client/grpc_daemon_client.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/client/grpc_daemon_client.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func NewGRPCDaemonServiceClient(address string) (DaemonClient, error) {
 	config := &tls.Config{
 		InsecureSkipVerify: true,
 	}
-	conn, err := grpc.Dial(address, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(credentials.NewTLS(config)))
+	conn, err := grpc.NewClient(address, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(credentials.NewTLS(config)))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}