diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_releases.yml b/.github/workflows/build_releases.yml
index 199b9a03..342487db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_releases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_releases.yml
@@ -27,39 +27,39 @@ jobs:
           # ======= Supported targets =======
           # Linux (x64, x86, aarch64)
           - {
-              os: "ubuntu-18.04",
+              os: "ubuntu-20.04",
               target: "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
               cross: false,
             }
           - {
-              os: "ubuntu-18.04",
+              os: "ubuntu-20.04",
               target: "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
               cross: false,
               container: quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64,
               suffix: "2-17",
             }
           - {
-              os: "ubuntu-18.04",
+              os: "ubuntu-20.04",
               target: "i686-unknown-linux-gnu",
               cross: true,
             }
           - {
-              os: "ubuntu-18.04",
+              os: "ubuntu-20.04",
               target: "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl",
               cross: false,
             }
           - {
-              os: "ubuntu-18.04",
+              os: "ubuntu-20.04",
               target: "i686-unknown-linux-musl",
               cross: true,
             }
           - {
-              os: "ubuntu-18.04",
+              os: "ubuntu-20.04",
               target: "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu",
               cross: true,
             }
           - {
-              os: "ubuntu-18.04",
+              os: "ubuntu-20.04",
               target: "aarch64-unknown-linux-musl",
               cross: true,
             }
@@ -83,26 +83,26 @@ jobs:
           # ======= Unsupported targets =======
           # armv7
           - {
-              os: "ubuntu-18.04",
+              os: "ubuntu-20.04",
               target: "armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf",
               cross: true,
             }
           - {
-              os: "ubuntu-18.04",
+              os: "ubuntu-20.04",
               target: "armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf",
               cross: true,
             }
 
           # PowerPC 64 LE
           - {
-              os: "ubuntu-18.04",
+              os: "ubuntu-20.04",
               target: "powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu",
               cross: true,
             }
 
           # Risc-V 64gc
           - {
-              os: "ubuntu-18.04",
+              os: "ubuntu-20.04",
               target: "riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu",
               cross: true,
             }
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-deb:
     name: "Build Debian installers"
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-18.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: