diff --git a/.github/workflows/coding-style-check.yml b/.github/workflows/coding-style-check.yml
index d06bfd7b3c..2321d31f96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coding-style-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coding-style-check.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     # As this action runs with minimal permissions and does not influence the build output,
     # we perform no version pinning for the runner or the installed tools here.
     # The clangFormatVersion is based on Ubuntu current LTS (jammy at time of writing).
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v7
     - name: Check .cpp/.h/.mm with clang-format
@@ -47,20 +47,22 @@ jobs:
 
   check-bash-style:
     name: Verify shell script (Bash) coding style
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     # shellcheck is already pre-installed on ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v7
     - name: Check .sh with shellcheck
       run: find -name '*.sh' -not -path './libs/*' -exec shellcheck --shell=bash {} +
+    - name: Update package index
+      run: sudo apt-get update
     - name: Install shfmt
-      run: sudo snap install shfmt
+      run: sudo apt-get -qq install shfmt
     - name: Check .sh with shfmt
       run: shfmt -d .
 
   check-python-style:
     name: Verify Python coding style
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v7
     - name: Install pylint