diff --git a/.github/workflows/prof_asan.yml b/.github/workflows/prof_asan.yml
index 218dc21e1f..3c52f80481 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prof_asan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prof_asan.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   prof-asan:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-8-core-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         php-version: [8.3, 8.4]
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ jobs:
           cd profiling/tests
           cp -v $(php-config --prefix)/lib/php/build/run-tests.php .
           export DD_PROFILING_OUTPUT_PPROF=/tmp/pprof
-          php run-tests.php --show-diff --asan -d extension=datadog-profiling.so phpt
+          php run-tests.php -j8 --show-diff --asan -d extension=datadog-profiling.so phpt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prof_correctness.yml b/.github/workflows/prof_correctness.yml
index da49c2bd49..ad809f6b46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prof_correctness.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prof_correctness.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   prof-correctness:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-8-core-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: