diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 33de5d03e7..6a9304bcc3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       -
         name: Checkout
@@ -35,8 +35,16 @@ jobs:
             *.cache-from=type=gha,scope=build
             *.cache-to=type=gha,scope=build,mode=max
 
+  vale:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: errata-ai/vale-action@38bf078c328061f59879b347ca344a718a736018 # v2.1.0
+        with:
+          files: content
+
   validate:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -65,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
   # build-releaser job will just build _releaser app used for Netlify and
   # AWS deployment in publish workflow. it's just to be sure it builds correctly.
   build-releaser:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       -
         name: Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 128aa65d47..49a3e4fa56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     if: github.repository_owner == 'docker'
     steps:
       -
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
index fd0a9c923f..80b41da79d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   labeler:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
       contents: read
       pull-requests: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-upstream.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-upstream.yml
index a7ce12c3ba..ee63593151 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-upstream.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-upstream.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   run:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       -
         name: Checkout