diff --git a/.github/workflows/00-init.yml b/.github/workflows/00-init.yml
index 50943f80a..784d7e1d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/00-init.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/00-init.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   init:
     name: Init
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: 🛑 Cancel Previous Runs
         uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.12.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/00-scan-secrets.yml b/.github/workflows/00-scan-secrets.yml
index c9cdb87ce..41c41559b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/00-scan-secrets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/00-scan-secrets.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   TruffleHog:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: ⬇ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/01-build.yml b/.github/workflows/01-build.yml
index 61a2ba20a..cac98b17f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/01-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/01-build.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: ⬇️ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/01-get-publish-version.yml b/.github/workflows/01-get-publish-version.yml
index 6ddee37c7..18e8c8bdf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/01-get-publish-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/01-get-publish-version.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   publish:
     name: Get and save publish version
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     outputs:
       release: ${{ steps.releaseCheck.outputs.release }}
       preRelease: ${{ steps.releaseCheck.outputs.preRelease }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/01-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/01-lint.yml
index 9c28c19a1..1ca9dd0ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/01-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/01-lint.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   lint:
     name: Lint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: ⬇️ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/01-test.yml b/.github/workflows/01-test.yml
index 09808b0ba..1d7b5332e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/01-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/01-test.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: ⬇️ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/02-deploy-gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/02-deploy-gh-pages.yml
index 40ec3048b..e09ae26da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/02-deploy-gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/02-deploy-gh-pages.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   deploy:
     name: Deploy
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     concurrency:
       group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/03-publish-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/03-publish-packages.yml
index 19d7250b4..9b71a5cdb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/03-publish-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/03-publish-packages.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   publish:
     name: Publish latest package versions to GitHub Packages
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     permissions:
       id-token: write  # Required for OIDC
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/99-add-url-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/99-add-url-comment.yml
index ac470b487..ba158a824 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/99-add-url-comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/99-add-url-comment.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   url:
     name: 💬 Add url for gh-page as issue comment to PR
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: ⬇ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/99-auto-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/99-auto-merge.yml
index c4367e893..e506d626d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/99-auto-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/99-auto-merge.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   dependabot:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     steps:
       - name: ⬇ Dependabot metadata
diff --git a/.github/workflows/99-auto-update-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/99-auto-update-pr.yml
index 57a36c09f..6ffa9f6bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/99-auto-update-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/99-auto-update-pr.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   create-pull-request:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: ⬇️ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/99-codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/99-codeql-analysis.yml
index 9b284bee5..8f5dc33d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/99-codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/99-codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   analyze:
     name: Analyze
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/99-dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/99-dependency-review.yml
index bb59ca2e5..2e7910ccd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/99-dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/99-dependency-review.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   dependency-review:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: ⬇ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/99-labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/99-labeler.yml
index 27c5a1a15..f0982a344 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/99-labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/99-labeler.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   triage:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: 🏷️ Labeler
         uses: actions/labeler@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml
index 5d5eb2ed7..0b0cc79eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cleanup.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   clean:
     name: Clean
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: ⬇ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/default.yml b/.github/workflows/default.yml
index 50532e53f..4c659b2c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/default.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/default.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
   checks-done:
     if: ${{ always() }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 # Use Ubuntu 24.04 explicitly
+    runs-on: ubuntu-26.04
     steps:
       - name: 🎉 Checks done
         run: |