diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 76c7d2767..270a10a3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   # Run 'dist plan' (or host) to determine what tasks we need to do
   plan:
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     outputs:
       val: ${{ steps.plan.outputs.manifest }}
       tag: ${{ !github.event.pull_request && github.ref_name || '' }}
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - plan
       - build-local-artifacts
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME: target/distrib/global-dist-manifest.json
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ always() && needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' && (needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'success') && (needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'success') }}
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     outputs:
       val: ${{ steps.host.outputs.manifest }}
     steps:
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ jobs:
     # still allowing individual publish jobs to skip themselves (for prereleases).
     # "host" however must run to completion, no skipping allowed!
     if: ${{ always() && needs.host.result == 'success' }}
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3aec1b95f..4767914ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,14 +50,19 @@ tag-name = "v{{version}}"
 pre-release-commit-message = "release: v{{version}}"
 tag-message = "release: v{{version}}"
 
+# Config for 'dist'
 [workspace.metadata.dist]
+# The preferred dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
 cargo-dist-version = "0.28.0"
+# CI backends to support
 ci = "github"
+# The installers to generate for each app
 installers = []
+# Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
 targets = [
     "aarch64-apple-darwin",
     "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu",
     "x86_64-apple-darwin",
     "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
 ]
-runner = "ubuntu-22.04"
+github-custom-runners.global = "ubuntu-latest"