diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml b/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
index 156373cce41992..8e0dee32b422e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   PYTHON_VERSION: '3.12'
   FLAKY_TESTS: keep_retrying
+  CC: clang
+  CXX: clang++
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   build-tarball:
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b  # v4.1.4
         with:
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           path: tarballs
   test-tarball-linux:
     needs: build-tarball
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b  # v4.1.4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage-linux-without-intl.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage-linux-without-intl.yml
index fcf2776f58166d..05815a5e29d416 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage-linux-without-intl.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage-linux-without-intl.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   PYTHON_VERSION: '3.12'
   FLAKY_TESTS: keep_retrying
+  CC: clang
+  CXX: clang++
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   coverage-linux-without-intl:
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b  # v4.1.4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage-linux.yml
index 0c68c4d2048859..acf638be05f01c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage-linux.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   PYTHON_VERSION: '3.12'
   FLAKY_TESTS: keep_retrying
+  CC: clang
+  CXX: clang++
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   coverage-linux:
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b  # v4.1.4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily.yml b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
index e6d1be16315f99..86c8c74abd8f8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ on:
 
 env:
   NODE_VERSION: lts/*
+  CC: clang
+  CXX: clang++
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
   build-lto:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # not working on gcc-8 and gcc-9 see https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/38570
-    container: gcc:11
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b  # v4.1.4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-internet.yml b/.github/workflows/test-internet.yml
index 47f0774d04cc82..ba0568956b21a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-internet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-internet.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   PYTHON_VERSION: '3.12'
   FLAKY_TESTS: keep_retrying
+  CC: clang
+  CXX: clang++
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   test-internet:
     if: github.repository == 'nodejs/node' || github.event_name != 'schedule'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b  # v4.1.4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/test-linux.yml
index 20dffc02b1d501..678e56a57eb3e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-linux.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   PYTHON_VERSION: '3.12'
   FLAKY_TESTS: keep_retrying
+  CC: sccache clang
+  CXX: sccache clang++
+  SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED: 'true'
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -32,11 +35,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   test-linux:
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      CC: sccache gcc
-      CXX: sccache g++
-      SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED: 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b  # v4.1.4
         with: