diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-build-and-test.yml
index 9c6b9dc4..dac1ff48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-build-and-test.yml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
     # TODO: use a different (nvidia?) container
     container:
       options: -u root --security-opt seccomp=unconfined --privileged --shm-size 16g
-      image: ubuntu:20.04
+      image: ubuntu:22.04
       env:
         NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES: ${{ env.NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES }}
     needs: