diff --git a/.github/workflows/asciidoctor-ghpages.yml b/.github/workflows/asciidoctor-ghpages.yml
index 69fb619..eed84b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/asciidoctor-ghpages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/asciidoctor-ghpages.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: intel-ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       name: github-pages
       url: $${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: intel-ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Deploy to github pages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index 2567281..57d02a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build_and_test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: intel-ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -112,19 +112,19 @@ jobs:
         run: ctest -j $(nproc) -C ${{matrix.build_type}}
 
   quality_checks_pass:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: intel-ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install build tools
         run: |
           wget https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh && chmod +x llvm.sh && sudo ./llvm.sh ${{env.DEFAULT_LLVM_VERSION}}
-          sudo apt install -y ninja-build clang-tidy-${{env.DEFAULT_LLVM_VERSION}} clang-format-${{env.DEFAULT_LLVM_VERSION}}
+          sudo apt install -y python3-pip ninja-build clang-tidy-${{env.DEFAULT_LLVM_VERSION}} clang-format-${{env.DEFAULT_LLVM_VERSION}}
 
       - name: Install cmake-format
         run: |
-          pip3 install --upgrade pip
-          pip3 install pyyaml cmake-format
+          sudo pip3 install --upgrade pip
+          sudo pip3 install pyyaml cmake-format
 
       - name: Configure CMake
         env:
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build -t quality
 
   sanitize:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: intel-ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build -t unit_tests
 
   valgrind:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: intel-ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ jobs:
           test $FAILSIZE = "0"
 
   merge_ok:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: intel-ubuntu-22.04
     needs: [build_and_test, quality_checks_pass, sanitize, valgrind]
     steps:
       - name: Enable merge