diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index bf9aa2c..9db40b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ["self-hosted"]
+    runs-on:
+    - ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
         build_type: [debug, release]
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ jobs:
         registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
         username: ${{ secrets.QUAY_USER_ID }}
         password: ${{ secrets.QUAY_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
@@ -84,7 +87,8 @@ jobs:
         path: image-dev-${{ matrix.build_type }}.txt
 
   checkstyle:
-    runs-on: ["self-hosted"]
+    runs-on:
+      - ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - name: Clean the workspace
       uses: docker://alpine
@@ -104,7 +108,8 @@ jobs:
         clang-format-version: '11'
 
   integration:
-    runs-on: ["self-hosted", "hugepages"]
+    runs-on:
+      - ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -138,7 +143,9 @@ jobs:
         make retest DEV_IMAGE="${dev_image}"
 
   e2e:
-    runs-on: ["self-hosted", "hugepages"]
+    runs-on:
+      - self-hosted
+      - hugepages
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -194,7 +201,8 @@ jobs:
 
   # dummy job for release.yaml to wait on
   conclude:
-    runs-on: ["self-hosted"]
+    runs-on:
+    - ubuntu-latest
     needs:
     - checkstyle
     - integration
@@ -207,7 +215,8 @@ jobs:
   slack:
     needs:
     - conclude
-    runs-on: ["self-hosted"]
+    runs-on:
+    - ubuntu-22.04
     if: always()
     steps:
     - name: Set status
diff --git a/hack/ci-build.sh b/hack/ci-build.sh
index 222c320..d854009 100755
--- a/hack/ci-build.sh
+++ b/hack/ci-build.sh
@@ -19,17 +19,14 @@ function do_build {
   # --export-cache type=inline \
   # --import-cache type=registry,ref="${IMAGE_BASE_NAME}" \
   set -x
-  buildctl build \
-           --frontend dockerfile.v0 \
-           --progress=plain \
-           --local context=. \
-           --local dockerfile=. \
-           --opt filename="${DOCKERFILE}" \
-           --opt build-arg:BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
-           --opt build-arg:BASE=${VPP_IMAGE_BASE}_${BUILD_TYPE} \
-           --opt build-arg:DEVBASE=${VPP_IMAGE_BASE}_dev_${BUILD_TYPE} \
-           --opt label:quay.expires-after="${IMAGE_EXPIRES_AFTER}" \
-           "$@"
+  docker buildx build \
+    --progress plain \
+    --file "${DOCKERFILE}" \
+    --build-arg BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
+    --build-arg BASE=${VPP_IMAGE_BASE}_${BUILD_TYPE} \
+    --build-arg DEVBASE=${VPP_IMAGE_BASE}_dev_${BUILD_TYPE} \
+    --label "quay.expires-after=${IMAGE_EXPIRES_AFTER}" \
+    . "$@"
    set +x
 }
 
@@ -42,18 +39,18 @@ FINAL_IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_BASE_NAME}:${IMAGE_BASE_TAG}_${BUILD_TYPE}"
 echo >&2 "Building VPP and extracting the artifacts ..."
 rm -rf /tmp/_out
 mkdir /tmp/_out
-do_build --opt target=artifacts --output type=local,dest=/tmp/_out
+do_build --target=artifacts --output type=local,dest=/tmp/_out
 
 echo >&2 "Building the dev image from ${DOCKERFILE} ..."
 push=",push=true"
 if [[ ${NO_PUSH} ]]; then
   push=""
 fi
-do_build --opt target=dev-stage \
+do_build --target=dev-stage \
          --output type="image,\"name=${DEV_IMAGE_NAME}\"${push}"
 
 echo >&2 "Building the final image from ${DOCKERFILE} ..."
-do_build --opt target=final-stage \
+do_build --target=final-stage \
          --output type="image,\"name=${FINAL_IMAGE_NAME}\"${push}"
 
 echo "${DEV_IMAGE_NAME}" > "image-dev-${BUILD_TYPE}.txt"