diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index ee8caffd..6910f8bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   analyze:
     name: Analyze
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ jobs:
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index 5c915304..be1be909 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   tests:
     # Ubuntu latest no longer installs Python 3.9 by default so install it
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ jobs:
       #     key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
       #     restore-keys: |
       #       ${{ runner.os }}-go-
+      - name: Set Java 8
+        run: |
+          sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-8-jdk-amd64/bin/java
+          java -version
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.8
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e7ec05de..77d81630 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     environment: release
     permissions:
       # Used to authenticate to PyPI via OIDC and sign the release's artifacts with sigstore-python.
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Set Java 8
+        run: |
+          sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-8-jdk-amd64/bin/java
+          java -version
+
       - name: Set up Python 3.8
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f3334e3a..dc4229e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 ## Change History
 All notable changes to the Databricks Labs Data Generator will be documented in this file.
 
+### unreleased
+
+#### Fixed 
+* Updated build scripts to use Ubuntu 22.04 to correspond to environment in Databricks runtime
+
 ### Version 0.4.0 Hotfix 2
 
 #### Fixed
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 6fa620b6..e56b7617 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -158,3 +158,22 @@ Basically it follows the Python PEP8 coding conventions - but method and argumen
 with a lower case letter rather than underscores following Pyspark coding conventions.
 
 See https://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
+
+# Github expectations
+When running the unit tests on Github, the environment should use the same environment as the latest Databricks
+runtime latest LTS release. While compatibility is preserved on LTS releases from Databricks runtime 10.4 onwards, 
+unit tests will be run on the environment corresponding to the latest LTS release. 
+
+Libraries will use the same versions as the earliest supported LTS release - currently 10.4 LTS
+
+This means for the current build:
+
+- Use of Ubuntu 22.04 for the test runner
+- Use of Java 8
+- Use of Python 3.11
+
+See the following resources for more information
+= https://docs.databricks.com/en/release-notes/runtime/15.4lts.html
+- https://docs.databricks.com/en/release-notes/runtime/10.4lts.html
+- https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/10636
+