diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ad09ad1b..1be30edf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
   # Setup
   setup:
     name: Setup
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     outputs:
       hosts: ${{ steps.generate-matrix.outputs.hosts }}
       targets: ${{ steps.generate-matrix.outputs.targets }}
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ jobs:
   test-result:
     name: Test Result
     needs: [ test-dist-bundle ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     # NOTE: The 'test-result' job depends on the 'test-dist-bundle' job and
     #       therefore only runs when all distribution bundle tests pass.
diff --git a/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-zephyr_9.2.1.bb b/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-zephyr_9.2.1.bb
index 41d84d13..a737ff6e 100644
--- a/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-zephyr_9.2.1.bb
+++ b/meta-zephyr-sdk/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu-zephyr_9.2.1.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ a variety of guest operating systems"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://qemu.org"
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only & LGPL-2.1-only"
 
-DEPENDS += "bison-native meson-native ninja-native"
+DEPENDS += "bison-native meson-native ninja-native libslirp"
 
 DEPENDS += "glib-2.0 zlib pixman"