diff --git a/.github/workflows/releaser.yml b/.github/workflows/releaser.yml
index 558dd247..0977f740 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releaser.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         # to generate the seccomp profile.
         k8s-version:
           - "v1.30.0"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with: