diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-auto-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-auto-deploy.yml
index 033f474c..93abc13f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-auto-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-auto-deploy.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   builds-n-publish:
     name: Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI and TestPyPI + github release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@master 
     - name: Set up Python 3.9