diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index 81a0d2051ca..6f7d29ede9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   backport:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     name: Backport
     steps:
       - name: Backport
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bsim-tests-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/bsim-tests-publish.yaml
index 0752ebd3518..c4705c88118 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bsim-tests-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bsim-tests-publish.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   bsim-test-results:
     name: "Publish BabbleSim Test Results"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     if: github.event.workflow_run.conclusion != 'skipped'
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bug_snapshot.yaml b/.github/workflows/bug_snapshot.yaml
index d1eda206589..154f0ce52db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bug_snapshot.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bug_snapshot.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   make_bugs_pickle:
     name: Make bugs pickle
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     if: github.repository_owner == 'zephyrproject-rtos'
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang.yaml b/.github/workflows/clang.yaml
index 9c2a32c9701..c7c372a4b32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang.yaml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
   clang-build-results:
     name: "Publish Unit Tests Results"
     needs: clang-build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     if: (success() || failure() ) && needs.clang-build.outputs.report_needed != 0
     steps:
       - name: Download Artifacts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codecov.yaml b/.github/workflows/codecov.yaml
index 97293140771..51d05f3b5d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codecov.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecov.yaml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
   codecov-results:
     name: "Publish Coverage Results"
     needs: codecov
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     # the codecov job might be skipped, we don't need to run this job then
     if: success() || failure()
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coding_guidelines.yml b/.github/workflows/coding_guidelines.yml
index 2b12d6a7bb3..ea632b7f0b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coding_guidelines.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coding_guidelines.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on: pull_request
 
 jobs:
   compliance_job:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     name: Run coding guidelines checks on patch series (PR)
     steps:
     - name: Checkout the code
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install Packages
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install ocaml-base-nox
-        wget https://launchpad.net/~npalix/+archive/ubuntu/coccinelle/+files/coccinelle_1.0.8~20.04npalix1_amd64.deb
-        sudo dpkg -i coccinelle_1.0.8~20.04npalix1_amd64.deb
+        sudo apt-get install coccinelle
 
     - name: Run Coding Guildeines Checks
       continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/compliance.yml b/.github/workflows/compliance.yml
index ebf20a0c204..f84faff3e4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compliance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compliance.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on: pull_request
 
 jobs:
   check_compliance:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     name: Run compliance checks on patch series (PR)
     steps:
     - name: Update PATH for west
diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily_test_version.yml b/.github/workflows/daily_test_version.yml
index 633b9978592..2a53889f22e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily_test_version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily_test_version.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   get_version:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     if: github.repository == 'zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr'
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/devicetree_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/devicetree_checks.yml
index 70d390ba788..465a8673149 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/devicetree_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/devicetree_checks.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: [3.8, 3.9, '3.10']
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-11, windows-2022]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, macos-11, windows-2022]
         exclude:
         - os: macos-11
           python-version: 3.6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/do_not_merge.yml b/.github/workflows/do_not_merge.yml
index c1241d1dcfa..424c21243fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/do_not_merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/do_not_merge.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
   do-not-merge:
     if: ${{ contains(github.event.*.labels.*.name, 'DNM') }}
     name: Prevent Merging
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Check for label
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
index 5934ea67783..466f9c8afbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
   doc-build-pdf:
     name: "Documentation Build (PDF)"
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     container: texlive/texlive:latest
     timeout-minutes: 60
     concurrency:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/errno.yml b/.github/workflows/errno.yml
index 5ff27b80152..6e3656ad109 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/errno.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/errno.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   check-errno:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     container:
       image: ghcr.io/zephyrproject-rtos/ci:v0.25.0
     env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/footprint-tracking.yml b/.github/workflows/footprint-tracking.yml
index 0d4c18bc755..9bac6ec92ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/footprint-tracking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/footprint-tracking.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   footprint-tracking:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     if: github.repository == 'zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr'
     container:
       image: ghcr.io/zephyrproject-rtos/ci:v0.25.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/footprint.yml b/.github/workflows/footprint.yml
index 660776fbc52..9ed8fdc57f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/footprint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/footprint.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   footprint-delta:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     if: github.repository == 'zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr'
     container:
       image: ghcr.io/zephyrproject-rtos/ci:v0.25.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/issue_count.yml b/.github/workflows/issue_count.yml
index 771461d6ebf..5cda7bcfcec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/issue_count.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/issue_count.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   track-issues:
     name: "Collect Issue Stats"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     if: github.repository == 'zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr'
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/license_check.yml b/.github/workflows/license_check.yml
index 3d14abed96a..e869df1fb63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/license_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/license_check.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on: [pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   scancode_job:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     name: Scan code for licenses
     steps:
     - name: Checkout the code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6e266b76a3a..ab0e9384ae7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale-workflow-queue-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/stale-workflow-queue-cleanup.yml
index d601536d055..ec1a4cc716f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale-workflow-queue-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale-workflow-queue-cleanup.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   cleanup:
     name: Cleanup
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     steps:
     - name: Delete stale queued workflow runs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale_issue.yml b/.github/workflows/stale_issue.yml
index b4f09b41353..a75ce1e1309 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale_issue.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale_issue.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   stale:
     name: Find Stale issues and PRs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     if: github.repository == 'zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr'
     steps:
     - uses: actions/stale@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/twister.yaml b/.github/workflows/twister.yaml
index e54836ef3aa..6f496b5a2a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/twister.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/twister.yaml
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ jobs:
       ELASTICSEARCH_KEY: ${{ secrets.ELASTICSEARCH_KEY }}
       ELASTICSEARCH_SERVER: "https://elasticsearch.zephyrproject.io:443"
     needs: twister-build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     # the build-and-test job might be skipped, we don't need to run this job then
     if: success() || failure()
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/twister_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/twister_tests.yml
index 9f37ddba107..ed4bee2a18c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/twister_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/twister_tests.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: [3.8, 3.9, '3.10']
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
     steps:
     - name: checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/west_cmds.yml b/.github/workflows/west_cmds.yml
index faa8c1bf24b..f1d2c4c6c7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/west_cmds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/west_cmds.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: [3.8, 3.9, '3.10']
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-11, windows-2022]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, macos-11, windows-2022]
         exclude:
         - os: macos-11
           python-version: 3.6