diff --git a/.github/workflows/bk-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/bk-ci.yml
index 5348bc86ff4..a14437c5006 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bk-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bk-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   build-and-license-check:
     name: PR Validation
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
 
   unit-tests:
     name: ${{ matrix.step_name }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: ${{ matrix.timeout || 60 }}
     needs: [ 'build-and-license-check' ]
     if: ${{ needs.build-and-license-check.outputs.docs_only != 'true' }}
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ jobs:
 
   integration-tests:
     name: Integration Tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 75
     needs: [ 'build-and-license-check' ]
     if: ${{ needs.build-and-license-check.outputs.docs_only != 'true' }}
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ jobs:
 
   backward-compatibility-tests:
     name: Backward compatibility tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 75
     needs: [ 'build-and-license-check' ]
     if: ${{ needs.build-and-license-check.outputs.docs_only != 'true' }}
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ jobs:
 
   jdk-compatibility-checks:
     name: ${{ matrix.step_name }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: ${{ matrix.timeout || 60 }}
     needs: [ 'build-and-license-check' ]
     if: ${{ needs.build-and-license-check.outputs.docs_only != 'true' }}
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ jobs:
 
   owasp-dependency-check:
     name: OWASP Dependency Check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 60
     needs: [ 'build-and-license-check' ]
     if: ${{ needs.build-and-license-check.outputs.need_owasp == 'true' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bk-streamstorage-python.yml b/.github/workflows/bk-streamstorage-python.yml
index 897c5cfdeab..d785c5cb716 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bk-streamstorage-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bk-streamstorage-python.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   stream-storage-python-client-unit-tests:
     name: StreamStorage Python Client Unit Tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
       - name: checkout
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
 
   Stream-storage-python-client-integration-tests:
     name: StreamStorage Python Client Integration Tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
       - name: checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bot.yml b/.github/workflows/bot.yml
index 26e1f973267..43d61c1179a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bot.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   bot:
     name: Bot tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - name: clone repository
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index fa459876bd1..19b6393ee5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   analyze:
     name: Analyze
-    runs-on: 'ubuntu-22.04'
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     timeout-minutes: 360
     permissions:
       # required for all workflows
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dead-link-checker.yaml b/.github/workflows/dead-link-checker.yaml
index 1c87cab6746..944a5bf2032 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dead-link-checker.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dead-link-checker.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   check-dead-links:
     name: Dead link checker
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/website-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/website-deploy.yaml
index a31140362ed..868b1db0c7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/website-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/website-deploy.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
   build-website:
     name: Build and deploy the website
     if: ${{ github.repository == 'apache/bookkeeper' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 180
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/website-pr-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/website-pr-validation.yml
index fe7c40a504b..6b813f7c5e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/website-pr-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/website-pr-validation.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   website-pull-validation:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/pom.xml b/bookkeeper-server/pom.xml
index 7b0a88b3abd..8810f829671 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/pom.xml
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <!-- needed by ZooKeeper server -->
+      <!-- needed by ZooKeeper server  -->
       <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
       <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>