diff --git a/.github/workflows/local_example.yml b/.github/workflows/local_example.yml
index a13a9da01e0..180e3afc6dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/local_example.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/local_example.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ permissions: read-all
 jobs:
 
   build:
-    name: Local example using ${{ matrix.topo }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    name: Local example using ${{ matrix.topo }} on ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: gh-runner-examples-4cores-1
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
         topo: [consul,etcd,k8s]
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/region_example.yml b/.github/workflows/region_example.yml
index 779e2225ee2..f5ca10c6f09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/region_example.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/region_example.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ permissions: read-all
 jobs:
 
   build:
-    name: Region Sharding example using ${{ matrix.topo }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    name: Region Sharding example using ${{ matrix.topo }} on ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: gh-runner-examples-4cores-1
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
         topo: [etcd]
 
     steps: