diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d6f9c5680..6954b3c30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ jobs:
 
   build:
     needs: unit-integration-test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    # The CPU and RAM resources for macOS machines are much better on Github-hosted runners
+    runs-on: macos-10.15
     name: Build
     env:
       MATRIX_ARCH: ${{ matrix.arch }}