diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 2e990123f7..6df5a65c28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -215,14 +215,16 @@ jobs:
             configure: --with-openssl --enable-debug --disable-unity
 
           - name: 'openssl libssh2 sync-resolver valgrind 1 +analyzer'
-            image: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-            install_packages: libidn2-dev libssh2-1-dev libnghttp2-dev libldap-dev valgrind
+            image: ubuntu-26.04-arm
+            install_packages: gcc-16 libidn2-dev libssh2-1-dev libnghttp2-dev libldap-dev valgrind
+            CC: gcc-16
             tflags: '--min=965 1 to 1000'
             generate: -DENABLE_DEBUG=ON -DENABLE_THREADED_RESOLVER=OFF -DCURL_GCC_ANALYZER=ON -DCURL_ENABLE_NTLM=ON
 
           - name: 'openssl libssh2 sync-resolver valgrind 2'
-            image: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-            install_packages: libidn2-dev libssh2-1-dev libnghttp2-dev libldap-dev valgrind
+            image: ubuntu-26.04-arm
+            install_packages: gcc-16 libidn2-dev libssh2-1-dev libnghttp2-dev libldap-dev valgrind
+            CC: gcc-16
             tflags: '--min=920 1001 to 9999'
             generate: -DENABLE_DEBUG=ON -DENABLE_THREADED_RESOLVER=OFF -DCURL_ENABLE_NTLM=ON