diff --git a/.github/workflows/builds.yml b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
index 940e52024a8a..301d845f7847 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
@@ -643,10 +643,10 @@ jobs:
             exit 0
           fi
 
-  ubuntu-18-04-debug-validation:
-    name: Ubuntu 18.04 (Debug Validation)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
-    container: ubuntu:18.04
+  ubuntu-22-04-debug-validation:
+    name: Ubuntu 22.04 (Debug Validation)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    container: ubuntu:22.04
     needs: [prepare-deps, prepare-cbindgen]
     steps:
 
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ jobs:
                 libhiredis-dev \
                 libjansson-dev \
                 libevent-dev \
-                libevent-pthreads-2.1.6 \
+                libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 \
                 libjansson-dev \
                 libpython2.7 \
                 make \
@@ -716,10 +716,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Running suricata-verify
         run: python3 ./suricata-verify/run.py
 
-  ubuntu-18-04:
-    name: Ubuntu 18.04 (Cocci)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
-    container: ubuntu:18.04
+  ubuntu-22-04:
+    name: Ubuntu 22.04 (Cocci)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    container: ubuntu:22.04
     needs: [prepare-deps, prepare-cbindgen]
     steps:
 
@@ -757,12 +757,14 @@ jobs:
                 libhiredis-dev \
                 libjansson-dev \
                 libevent-dev \
-                libevent-pthreads-2.1.6 \
+                libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 \
                 libjansson-dev \
                 libpython2.7 \
+                libpython3.10 \
                 make \
                 parallel \
                 python3-yaml \
+                python-is-python3 \
                 rustc \
                 software-properties-common \
                 zlib1g \
@@ -812,10 +814,10 @@ jobs:
         run: python3 ./suricata-verify/run.py
 
   # test build with afl and fuzztargets
-  ubuntu-18-04-fuzz:
-    name: Ubuntu 18.04 (Fuzz)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
-    container: ubuntu:18.04
+  ubuntu-22-04-fuzz:
+    name: Ubuntu 22.04 (Fuzz)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    container: ubuntu:22.04
     needs: [prepare-deps, prepare-cbindgen]
     steps: