diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index 928cdc8..f6c9a0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install -r build-requirements.txt
 
     - name: "Install pyvroom"
+      env:
+        CXX: g++-14
       run: |
         # Because `pip install -e .` does not play nice with gcov, we go old school:
         CFLAGS="-coverage" python setup.py build_ext --inplace
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2636e49..fd4e978 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -83,16 +83,16 @@ jobs:
       uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.19.2
       env:
         MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 13.0
-        CC: gcc-13
-        CXX: g++-13
+        CC: gcc-14
+        CXX: g++-14
 
     - name: Build wheels
       if: matrix.platform == 'macos-arm'
       uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.19.2
       env:
         MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 14.0
-        CC: gcc-13
-        CXX: g++-13
+        CC: gcc-14
+        CXX: g++-14
 
     - name: Verify clean directory
       run: git diff --exit-code
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dddddfa..6a4d67a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=45",
     "wheel",
-    "setuptools_scm>=6.2",
-    "setuptools_scm_git_archive",
     "pybind11>=2.8.0",
 ]