diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-preflight.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-preflight.yml
index 80bfe863..a4a4df8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-preflight.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-preflight.yml
@@ -157,16 +157,16 @@ jobs:
         id: set_runner
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          # Use GitHub-hosted runners (ubuntu-latest) instead of Kurdistan-Tech self-hosted runners
-          echo "RUNNER_DEFAULT=ubuntu-latest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "RUNNER_WEIGHTS=ubuntu-latest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "RUNNER_BENCHMARK=ubuntu-latest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # Use self-hosted runner (ubuntu-large) for resource-intensive tasks
+          echo "RUNNER_DEFAULT=ubuntu-large" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "RUNNER_WEIGHTS=ubuntu-large" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "RUNNER_BENCHMARK=ubuntu-large" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "RUNNER_MACOS=macos-latest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          # All runners use ubuntu-latest for Pezkuwi SDK
-          echo "RUNNER=ubuntu-latest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "RUNNER_OLDLINUX=ubuntu-latest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "RUNNER_NEW=ubuntu-latest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "RUNNER_OLDLINUX_NEW=ubuntu-latest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # All runners use self-hosted ubuntu-large for Pezkuwi SDK
+          echo "RUNNER=ubuntu-large" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "RUNNER_OLDLINUX=ubuntu-large" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "RUNNER_NEW=ubuntu-large" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "RUNNER_OLDLINUX_NEW=ubuntu-large" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       #
       # Set vars