diff --git a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
index 1def4b9e..f169d939 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
             targetos: linux
             targetarch: armhf
             cross: true
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
+          - os: ubuntu-24.04 # riscv64 would benefit from having latest compilers
             targetos: linux
             targetarch: riscv64
             cross: true