diff --git a/.github/workflows/connector-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/connector-tests.yml
index aecc3e9d6..b4e02fecb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/connector-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/connector-tests.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   cdk_changes:
     name: Get Changes
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     permissions:
       statuses: write
       pull-requests: read
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
     # Forked PRs are handled by the community_ci.yml workflow
     # If the condition is not met the job will be skipped (it will not fail)
     # runs-on: connector-test-large
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 360 # 6 hours
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ jobs:
           repository: airbytehq/airbyte
           ref: master
           path: airbyte
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Test Connector
         if: steps.no_changes.outputs.status != 'cancelled'
         timeout-minutes: 90
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
           POETRY_DYNAMIC_VERSIONING_BYPASS: "0.0.0"
         run: |
           cd airbyte
-          make tools.airbyte-ci-binary.install
+          make tools.airbyte-ci-dev.install
           airbyte-ci \
           --ci-report-bucket-name=airbyte-ci-reports-multi \
           connectors \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pdoc_preview.yml b/.github/workflows/pdoc_preview.yml
index 3a7f6b254..58b703732 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pdoc_preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pdoc_preview.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   preview_docs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pdoc_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pdoc_publish.yml
index 0af8fe4eb..ffe9d7b61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pdoc_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pdoc_publish.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   publish_docs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     environment:
       name: "github-pages"
       url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi_publish.yml
index 302532051..6a6781c26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi_publish.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Build Python Package
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Detect Release Tag Version
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
 
   publish_cdk:
     name: Publish CDK version to PyPI
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: [build]
     permissions:
       id-token: write
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
       (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' &&
        github.event.inputs.publish_to_dockerhub == 'true'
       )
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: [build]
     environment:
       name: DockerHub
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       VERSION: ${{ needs.build.outputs.VERSION }}
       IS_PRERELEASE: ${{ needs.build.outputs.IS_PRERELEASE }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest_fast.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest_fast.yml
index 2beebb950..7bd5dc5be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest_fast.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest_fast.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test-build:
     name: Build and Inspect Python Package
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
 
   pytest-fast:
     name: Pytest (Fast)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       # Common steps:
       - name: Checkout code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_lint.yml b/.github/workflows/python_lint.yml
index f92ae7f0d..a7f9ffae7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_lint.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   ruff-lint-check:
     name: Ruff Lint Check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       # Common steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
 
   ruff-format-check:
     name: Ruff Format Check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       # Common steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
 
   mypy-check:
     name: MyPy Check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       # Common steps:
       - name: Checkout code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release_drafter.yml
index 5996860e3..9d058c7b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_drafter.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
       pull-requests: write
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       # Drafts the next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into "main"
       - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic_pr_check.yml b/.github/workflows/semantic_pr_check.yml
index e738d428b..38e1ffb1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semantic_pr_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic_pr_check.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   validate_pr_title:
     name: Validate PR title
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v5
         if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/slash_command_dispatch.yml b/.github/workflows/slash_command_dispatch.yml
index cb889cdaf..b8bb8b148 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/slash_command_dispatch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/slash_command_dispatch.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
   slashCommandDispatch:
     # Only allow slash commands on pull request (not on issues)
     if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Slash Command Dispatch
         id: dispatch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-command.yml b/.github/workflows/test-command.yml
index 47023436f..e623759af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-command.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-command.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   start-workflow:
     name: Append 'Starting' Comment
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Get PR JSON
         id: pr-info
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
   log-success-comment:
     name: Append 'Success' Comment
     needs: [pytest-on-demand]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Append success comment
         uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v4
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
     # This job will only run if the workflow fails
     needs: [pytest-on-demand, start-workflow]
     if: always() && needs.pytest-on-demand.result == 'failure'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Append failure comment
         uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v4