diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-manual.yml b/.github/workflows/release-manual.yml
index b7254ee9db..310fdbdf61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-manual.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-manual.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    runs-on: 'self-hosted'
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     permissions:
       contents: 'write'
       packages: 'write'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
index b60eeaee20..1e6fbea803 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   smoke-test:
-    runs-on: 'self-hosted'
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
     permissions:
       contents: 'read'
       issues: 'write'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 03e9ea6c6c..fd79d914dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         runner:
           - 'ubuntu-latest' # GitHub-hosted
-          - 'self-hosted' # GHA on GCP runners
     runs-on: '${{ matrix.runner }}'
     if: |-
       ${{ github.repository == 'google-gemini/gemini-cli' }}