diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
index ba346ffee3..8ea0969177 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
     - orchestrate
     if: needs.orchestrate.outputs.run_tests == 'true'
-    runs-on: namespace-profile-16x32-ubuntu-2204
+    runs-on: namespace-profile-8x16-ubuntu-2204
     env:
       GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: Protobuf Action
       GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: ci@zed.dev
diff --git a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/run_tests.rs b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/run_tests.rs
index a4463cf5ee..0b5d8d5db5 100644
--- a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/run_tests.rs
+++ b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/run_tests.rs
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ pub(crate) fn check_postgres_and_protobuf_migrations() -> NamedJob {
 
     named::job(
         release_job(&[])
-            .runs_on(runners::LINUX_DEFAULT)
+            .runs_on(runners::LINUX_LARGE)
             .add_env(("GIT_AUTHOR_NAME", "Protobuf Action"))
             .add_env(("GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL", "ci@zed.dev"))
             .add_env(("GIT_COMMITTER_NAME", "Protobuf Action"))