diff --git a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
index 15441652fe..ccb532ca56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ permissions:
     contents: read
 jobs:
   codecov:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-4-cores
     if: >
       github.event.pull_request.draft == false ||
       github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' ||