diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 2b113a9a..f4539c5f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   check-code-style:
     name: Check Code Style
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 11
           distribution: temurin
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
 
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
   check-code-compilation:
     name: Check Code Compilation
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -59,6 +62,9 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 11
           distribution: temurin
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
 
@@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
 
   check-docs:
     name: Check Docs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -87,6 +93,9 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 11
           distribution: temurin
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml
index 94fe0803..a22d958b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository == 'apache/pekko-projection'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1      
       - uses: scalacenter/sbt-dependency-submission@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/headers.yml b/.github/workflows/headers.yml
index f4d657ec..506c6923 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/headers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/headers.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ permissions: {}
 jobs:
   check-headers:
     name: Check headers
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 11
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-cassandra.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-cassandra.yml
index a0214a26..ddc278c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-cassandra.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-cassandra.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Build and Test Integration for Cassandra
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
           distribution: temurin
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-jdbc.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-jdbc.yml
index 92abc96b..2ba75595 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-jdbc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-jdbc.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Build and Test Integration for JDBC
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
           distribution: temurin
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6        
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-kafka.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-kafka.yml
index c138f9f4..27f5f595 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-kafka.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-kafka.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Build and Test Integration for Kafka
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
           distribution: temurin
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-slick.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-slick.yml
index e01db26e..bff7e5c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-slick.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-slick.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Build and Test Integration for Slick
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
           distribution: temurin
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/link-validator.yml b/.github/workflows/link-validator.yml
index 631f98d8..a3d0133c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/link-validator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/link-validator.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   validate-links:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     if: github.repository == 'apache/pekko-projection'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 8
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-pekko-1.0-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-pekko-1.0-tests.yml
index a17adef1..2c3334e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-pekko-1.0-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-pekko-1.0-tests.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Build and Test Integration for JDBC
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
           distribution: temurin
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6        
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-1.0-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-1.0-docs.yml
index 6e073e50..6728b887 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-1.0-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-1.0-docs.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 8
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-1.1-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-1.1-docs.yml
index d2472efb..f25bda32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-1.1-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-1.1-docs.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 8
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
index b4032298..a431a652 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     # runs on main repo only
     if: github.repository == 'apache/pekko-projection'
     name: Publish
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       JAVA_OPTS: -Xms2G -Xmx2G -Xss2M -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
     steps:
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 8
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Publish to Apache Maven repo
         env:
           NEXUS_USER: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_USER }}
@@ -50,6 +53,9 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 8
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index f72dac20..96ab502d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Build and Test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
           distribution: temurin
 
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
+
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
 
@@ -48,4 +51,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Print logs on failure
         if: ${{ failure() }}
-        run: find . -name "*.log" -exec ./scripts/cat-log.sh {} \;
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: find . -name "*.log" -exec ./scripts/cat-log.sh {} \;