diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 86d26ea142f40..be04992378b3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   analyze:
     name: Analyze Actions
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     permissions:
       contents: read
       security-events: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev.yml b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
index 2fec343650914..c2a06ed392519 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
 
   prettier:
     name: Use prettier to check formatting of documents
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@6044e13b5dc448c55e2357c09f80417699197238  # v6.2.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
index a575b39577477..2d42d6ff964e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   process:
     name: Process
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     # only run for users whose permissions allow them to update PRs
     # otherwise labeler is failing:
     # https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/3743
diff --git a/.github/workflows/large_files.yml b/.github/workflows/large_files.yml
index 12b7bae76ab32..12a5599189216 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/large_files.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/large_files.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   check-files:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index ec7f54ec24dbc..b7ad73a593106 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   close-stale-prs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     permissions:
       issues: write
       pull-requests: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/take.yml b/.github/workflows/take.yml
index ffb5f728e04c1..e34bf869ef8a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/take.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/take.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   issue_assign:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
     if: (!github.event.issue.pull_request) && (github.event.comment.body == 'take' || github.event.comment.body == 'untake')
     concurrency:
       group: ${{ github.actor }}-issue-assign