diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkdocs.yml b/.github/workflows/checkdocs.yml
index 4c09122552..cfce5d9126 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checkdocs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkdocs.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
   # config file help: https://github.com/amperser/proselint/
   proselint:
     name: 'proselint'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml b/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml
index 4c0a5909b9..90bd62f19c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checksrc.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
 
   linters:
     name: 'spellcheck, linters, REUSE'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
         with:
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
 
   miscchecks:
     name: 'misc checks'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
     timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:
       - name: 'install prereqs'