diff --git a/.github/workflows/audit.yml b/.github/workflows/audit.yml
index 095d2965ebf20..3602b593a536e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/audit.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   security_audit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
       - name: Install cargo-audit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/breaking_changes_detector.yml b/.github/workflows/breaking_changes_detector.yml
index d8e983ffac1fb..f62eb4f1f6140 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/breaking_changes_detector.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/breaking_changes_detector.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   check-semver:
     name: Check semver
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # `datafusion-substrait` (and crates that depend on it via sqllogictest)
       # have a build script that calls protoc, which is not preinstalled on
-      # ubuntu-latest runners.
+      # ubuntu-24.04 runners.
       - name: Install Protobuf Compiler
         if: steps.changed_crates.outputs.packages != ''
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/breaking_changes_detector_comment.yml b/.github/workflows/breaking_changes_detector_comment.yml
index f3a3400d00f9c..e0ddb252a4288 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/breaking_changes_detector_comment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/breaking_changes_detector_comment.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
   comment-on-pr:
     name: Comment on pull request
     if: github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     # Scoped to the minimum needed to upsert/delete the sticky comment.
     permissions:
       actions: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
index dd51440d874f7..6f0f561749c7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   depcheck:
     name: Circular Dependency Check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
 
   detect-unused-dependencies:
     name: Detect Unused Dependencies
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev.yml b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
index 69033bc19195a..41bbcc704ab41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   license-header-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     name: Check License Header
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
 
   markdown-link-check:
     name: Check Markdown Links
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
       - name: Load tool versions
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
 
   asf-yaml-check:
     name: Validate required_status_checks in .asf.yaml
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
       - run: pip install pyyaml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
 
   typos:
     name: Spell Check with Typos
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index 70a89311a01ca..1a85a18c8307a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     name: Build docs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout docs sources
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs_pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs_pr.yaml
index 0002f5681677d..5423daa00028f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs_pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs_pr.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
   # Test doc build
   linux-test-doc-build:
     name: Test doc build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/extended.yml b/.github/workflows/extended.yml
index d2f1f711754ab..fbab8a7b95703 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/extended.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/extended.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
   # Run extended tests (with feature 'extended_tests')
   linux-test-extended:
     name: cargo test 'extended_tests' (amd64)
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=32,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=32,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     # note: do not use amd/rust container to preserve disk space
     steps:
       - uses: runs-on/action@efac073ea2507ec18797de3a81704201ade11d9d  # v2.3.1
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
   # Check answers are correct when hash values collide
   hash-collisions:
     name: cargo test hash collisions (amd64)
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
 
   sqllogictest-sqlite:
     name: "Run sqllogictests with the sqlite test suite"
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=32,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=32,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 86fb33a82ce04..9588ce32a9e01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
   # Check crate compiles and base cargo check passes
   linux-build-lib:
     name: linux build test
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=8,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=8,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
   linux-datafusion-common-features:
     name: cargo check datafusion-common features
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
   linux-datafusion-substrait-features:
     name: cargo check datafusion-substrait features
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
   linux-datafusion-proto-features:
     name: cargo check datafusion-proto features
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
   linux-datafusion-ffi-features:
     name: cargo check datafusion-ffi features
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ jobs:
   linux-cargo-check-datafusion:
     name: cargo check datafusion features
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ jobs:
   linux-cargo-check-datafusion-functions:
     name: cargo check datafusion-functions features
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ jobs:
   linux-cargo-check-datafusion-spark:
     name: cargo check datafusion-spark features
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ jobs:
   linux-test:
     name: cargo test (amd64)
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
       volumes:
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ jobs:
   linux-test-datafusion-cli:
     name: cargo test datafusion-cli (amd64)
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     steps:
       - uses: runs-on/action@efac073ea2507ec18797de3a81704201ade11d9d  # v2.3.1
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ jobs:
   linux-test-example:
     name: cargo examples (amd64)
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ jobs:
   linux-test-doc:
     name: cargo test doc (amd64)
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ jobs:
   linux-rustdoc:
     name: cargo doc
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ jobs:
   verify-benchmark-results:
     name: verify benchmark results (amd64)
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ jobs:
   sqllogictest-postgres:
     name: "Run sqllogictest with Postgres runner"
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     services:
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ jobs:
   sqllogictest-substrait:
     name: "Run sqllogictest in Substrait round-trip mode"
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ jobs:
 
   vendor:
     name: Verify Vendored Code
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ jobs:
 
   check-fmt:
     name: Check cargo fmt
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -667,17 +667,16 @@ jobs:
 
   check-workflow-tool-installs:
     name: Check GitHub Actions install tooling
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
       - name: Check workflow tool installs
         run: ci/scripts/check_no_cargo_install_in_workflows.sh
 
-
   clippy:
     name: clippy
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -704,7 +703,7 @@ jobs:
   cargo-toml-formatting-checks:
     name: check Cargo.toml formatting
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -727,7 +726,7 @@ jobs:
   config-docs-check:
     name: check configs.md and ***_functions.md is up-to-date
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.USE_RUNS_ON == 'true' && format('runs-on={0},family=m8a+m7a+c8a,cpu=16,image=ubuntu24-full-x64,extras=s3-cache,disk=large,tag=datafusion', github.run_id) || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps:
@@ -762,7 +761,7 @@ jobs:
   examples-docs-check:
     name: check example README is up-to-date
     needs: linux-build-lib
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
 
@@ -794,7 +793,7 @@ jobs:
   # - datafusion-cli
   msrv:
     name: Verify MSRV (Min Supported Rust Version)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     container:
       image: amd64/rust
     steps: