diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 82a06c74..88661ea6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ jobs:
   release-flagger:
     outputs:
       hashes: ${{ steps.slsa.outputs.hashes }}
-    runs-on:
-      group: "Default Larger Runners"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
     permissions:
       contents: write # needed to write releases
       id-token: write # needed for keyless signing