diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/lint.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/lint.yml
index e025402..d6f2d68 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -10,17 +10,18 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: docker
-    container:
-      image: fedora:42  # lock to *latest stable*; rawhide/next is 'latest' tag
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
 
-      - name: nodejs/git/pip
+      - name: nodejs/git
         run: |
-          echo -e 'max_parallel_downloads=20\ndeltarpm=False\nfastestmirror=False' | tee -a /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
-          dnf -yq --no-docs --setopt=install_weak_deps=False in nodejs git-core python3-pip
+          apt-get --no-install-recommends install nodejs git 
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.13'
+          cache: 'pip'
 
       - name: cache '.ansible/collections'
         id: cache-collections