diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-release.yml b/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
index baa29d0ee48..23b619a0a9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - prelude
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-4-cores
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
 
     defaults:
       run: