diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index da26bb170e3..b7330bba294 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   source:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # 22.04's podman has issues with piping and causes tar errors
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     permissions:
       # create GitHub release
       contents: write