diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_prep.yml b/.github/workflows/release_prep.yml
index f90eff679fb7fbcd562489c3d59318c18d1971f0..893009bf3a40aff83bba6ee64df9d3daba75a960 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_prep.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_prep.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release_prep:
     name: "Release prep"
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
 
     steps: