diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-ci-latest.yml b/.github/workflows/java-ci-latest.yml
index c4ec0bc36..b2b025866 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-ci-latest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-ci-latest.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         java_version: ['23']
-        os: ['ubuntu-22.04']
+        os: ['ubuntu-latest']
 
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/java-ci.yaml
index daf32912d..83d5076ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-ci.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         java_version: [ '17', '21' ]
-        os: [ 'ubuntu-22.04' ]
+        os: [ 'ubuntu-latest' ]
 
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
diff --git a/sda-commons-starter-mongodb/src/test/resources/application.properties b/sda-commons-starter-mongodb/src/test/resources/application.properties
index bc0364b5d..2146bf55f 100644
--- a/sda-commons-starter-mongodb/src/test/resources/application.properties
+++ b/sda-commons-starter-mongodb/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-de.flapdoodle.mongodb.embedded.version=4.4.1
+de.flapdoodle.mongodb.embedded.version=7.0.17
 spring.main.web-application-type=none