diff --git a/.github/workflows/readme_listings.yml b/.github/workflows/readme_listings.yml
index 7ba93344..b3b15aca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/readme_listings.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/readme_listings.yml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
     - run : python -c 'import numpy as np; import os; dir="readme_output/"; data=[float(np.loadtxt(dir+file)) for file in os.listdir(dir)]; print("data:", data); similar_as_first = np.array([abs(data[0]-k)/data[0] for k in data[1:]]); print("similar_as_first", similar_as_first); assert((similar_as_first < .5).all())'
 
   matlab:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2