diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3f039997d62..34dd688e2be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ jobs:
             file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_native_msan.sh'
 
           - name: 'riscv32 bare metal, static libbitcoin_consensus'
-            warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-16x'
+            warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-8x'
             fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-latest'
             timeout-minutes: 120
             file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_riscv_bare_cross.sh'