diff --git a/.github/workflows/vm.yaml b/.github/workflows/vm.yaml
index f784c4ed06..30775e98c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vm.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vm.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   vm:
     # Fedora is different from Ubuntu in LSM (SELinux), filesystem (btrfs), kernel version, etc.
     name: "CGroupv2 (Fedora)"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 30
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/hack/ci/Vagrantfile b/hack/ci/Vagrantfile
index ea5774ebf3..f04769f12b 100644
--- a/hack/ci/Vagrantfile
+++ b/hack/ci/Vagrantfile
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@
 
 # Vagrant box for testing kind with non-Ubuntu
 Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
-  config.vm.box = "fedora/39-cloud-base"
-  # https://mirrormanager.fedoraproject.org/mirrors/Fedora/39/x86_64
-  config.vm.box_url = "https://gsl-syd.mm.fcix.net/fedora/linux/releases/39/Cloud/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-Vagrant-39-1.5.x86_64.vagrant-virtualbox.box"
+  config.vm.box = "fedora/40-cloud-base"
   # assume some ram is needed for the host environment but very little CPU
-  memory = 10240
-  cpus = 3
+  memory = 4096
+  cpus = 2
   config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |v|
     v.memory = memory
     v.cpus = cpus