diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 8aedaa8f..73abc476 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on: [push, pull_request]
 jobs:
   create_otp_matrix:
     name: Generate a list of last OTP versions
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     outputs:
       otps: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.versions }}
     steps:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
   test_erlang:
     name: Test examples against OTP ${{ matrix.otp }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: [create_otp_matrix]
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -30,8 +30,13 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: erlang:${{ matrix.otp }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: apt update && apt install --yes jq
+    - name: install jq
+      uses: dcarbone/install-jq-action@b7ef57d46ece78760b4019dbc4080a1ba2a40b45
+      with:
+        version: 1.7
+
+    - name: checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+
     - name: run tests
       run: ./bin/run_ci.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/uuid.yml b/.github/workflows/uuid.yml
index 207df036..f3c7e49f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/uuid.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/uuid.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@ on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   uuid:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
-    - run: sudo apt install --yes jq
-    - run: |
+    - name: Install jq
+      uses: dcarbone/install-jq-action@b7ef57d46ece78760b4019dbc4080a1ba2a40b45
+      with:
+        version: 1.7
+
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+
+    - name: Check
+      run: |
         bad_uuid=$(cat config.json | jq --raw-output '.exercises | map(.uuid) | .[]' | grep -vE '^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$' || true)
         if [[ -n "$bad_uuid" ]]; then
           printf "Invalid UUID(s) found:"