diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-analyze.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-analyze.yml
index 46eacfc..ae55589 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-analyze.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-analyze.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get build dependencies
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get install -qq -y --no-install-recommends clang-tools
-          sudo apt-get build-dep -qq -y .
+          # note: debhelper v13 isn't available from ubuntu-20.04 yet, we need a backport
+          sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-cloud-archive/yoga-staging
+          sudo apt-get install -q -y --no-install-recommends clang-tools
+          sudo apt-get build-dep -q -y .
 
       - name: Analyze
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
index e8018ad..dac1047 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     env:
       COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN }}
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get build dependencies
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get install -qq -y --no-install-recommends git ca-certificates curl
-          sudo apt-get build-dep -qq -y .
+          # note: debhelper v13 isn't available from ubuntu-20.04 yet, we need a backport
+          sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-cloud-archive/yoga-staging
+          sudo apt-get install -q -y --no-install-recommends git ca-certificates curl
+          sudo apt-get build-dep -q -y .
 
       - name: Get coverity scan
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml
index 4d9ea36..15ac1c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cppcheck.yml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Get tool
-        run: sudo apt-get install -qq -y --no-install-recommends cppcheck
+        run: sudo apt-get install -q -y --no-install-recommends cppcheck
 
       - name: Analyze
         run: cppcheck -q --enable=all src
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sanitizers.yml b/.github/workflows/sanitizers.yml
index e0dc2b0..371a0ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sanitizers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sanitizers.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     env:
       FLAGS: "-fsanitize=address -fsanitize=leak -fsanitize=undefined"
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get build dependencies
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get build-dep -qq -y .
+          # note: debhelper v13 isn't available from ubuntu-20.04 yet, we need a backport
+          sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-cloud-archive/yoga-staging
+          sudo apt-get build-dep -q -y .
 
       - name: Build with sanitizers enabled
         run: |