diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-xapian.yml b/.github/workflows/build-xapian.yml
index 2441a1a8..4bb22066 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-xapian.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-xapian.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: build xapian
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     env:
      # get colorized pytest output even without a controlling tty