diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_basic.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable_basic.yml
index 7170ec418..5a6756f2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_basic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_basic.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Ubuntu
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: ['ubuntu-20.04', 'ubuntu-22.04']
+        os: ['ubuntu-22.04', 'ubuntu-24.04']
         build_type: [Debug, Release]
         compiler: [{c: gcc, cxx: g++}]
         shared_library: ['OFF']
@@ -27,15 +27,6 @@ jobs:
         disable_hwloc: ['OFF']
         link_hwloc_statically: ['OFF']
         include:
-          - os: 'ubuntu-20.04'
-            build_type: Release
-            compiler: {c: gcc-7, cxx: g++-7}
-            shared_library: 'OFF'
-            level_zero_provider: 'ON'
-            cuda_provider: 'ON'
-            install_tbb: 'ON'
-            disable_hwloc: 'OFF'
-            link_hwloc_statically: 'OFF'
           - os: 'ubuntu-22.04'
             build_type: Release
             compiler: {c: clang, cxx: clang++}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_fast.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable_fast.yml
index 5166f2b96..90a8f023f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_fast.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_fast.yml
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ jobs:
             build_tests: 'ON'
             extra_build_options: '-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release'
             simple_cmake: 'ON'
-          # simplest CMake ubuntu-20.04
-          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+          # simplest CMake ubuntu-22.04
+          - os: ubuntu-22.04
             build_tests: 'ON'
             extra_build_options: '-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release'
             simple_cmake: 'ON'
@@ -69,19 +69,12 @@ jobs:
       run: vcpkg install
       shell: pwsh # Specifies PowerShell as the shell for running the script.
 
-    - name: Install dependencies (ubuntu-latest)
-      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      if: matrix.os != 'windows-latest'
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -y cmake libhwloc-dev libnuma-dev libtbb-dev
 
-    - name: Install dependencies (ubuntu-20.04)
-      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-20.04'
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install -y cmake libnuma-dev libtbb-dev
-        .github/scripts/install_hwloc.sh # install hwloc-2.3.0 instead of hwloc-2.1.0 present in the OS package
-
     - name: Configure CMake
       if: matrix.simple_cmake == 'OFF'
       run: >