diff --git a/.github/workflows/sof-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/sof-docs.yml
index da8fd71b4ab7..d3489a94fa00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sof-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sof-docs.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
   # example in
   # https://github.com/thesofproject/sof/pull/5731#issuecomment-1175630147
   sof-docs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04  # sof-docs is still stuck to this for now
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4