diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7613a032..eb49a41c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - plan
       - build-local-artifacts
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME: target/distrib/global-dist-manifest.json
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ always() && needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' && (needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'success') && (needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'success') }}
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       val: ${{ steps.host.outputs.manifest }}
     steps:
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - plan
       - host
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       PLAN: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.val }}
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - plan
       - host
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       PLAN: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.val }}
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ jobs:
     # still allowing individual publish jobs to skip themselves (for prereleases).
     # "host" however must run to completion, no skipping allowed!
     if: ${{ always() && needs.host.result == 'success' && (needs.publish-homebrew-formula.result == 'skipped' || needs.publish-homebrew-formula.result == 'success') && (needs.publish-npm.result == 'skipped' || needs.publish-npm.result == 'success') }}
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d2d1b990..3f152edf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ targets = [
     "aarch64-apple-darwin",
     "x86_64-apple-darwin",
     "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
+    "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl",
     "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc",
 ]
 # The archive format to use for windows builds (defaults .zip)
@@ -38,6 +39,12 @@ install-updater = false
 install-path = "~/.aiken/bin/"
 publish-prereleases = true
 
+# Cargo-dist uses ubuntu-20.04 by default, causing issues in various cases
+# because it links with openssl-1.1 whereas recent distro ships with 3.x
+[workspace.metadata.dist.github-custom-runners]
+x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu = "ubuntu-22.04"
+x86_64-unknown-linux-musl = "ubuntu-22.04"
+
 [workspace.dependencies]
 walkdir = "2.3.2"
 pallas = "0.22.0"