diff --git a/.github/scripts/Linux/prepare.sh b/.github/scripts/Linux/prepare.sh
index 5a22b2155..707d6a422 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/Linux/prepare.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/Linux/prepare.sh
@@ -37,20 +37,11 @@ sudo apt install $sdl2_mix_build_dep $sdl2_ttf_build_dep
 
 # FFmpeg deps
 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/vlc3 # new x265
-# updates nasm 2.13->2.14 in U18.04 (needed for rav1e)
-update_nasm() {
-        if [ -z "$(apt-cache search --names-only '^nasm-mozilla$')" ]; then
-                return
-        fi
-        sudo apt install nasm- nasm-mozilla
-        sudo ln -s /usr/lib/nasm-mozilla/bin/nasm /usr/bin/nasm
-}
 # for FFmpeg - libzmq3-dev needs to be ignored (cannot be installed, see run #380)
 ffmpeg_build_dep=$(get_build_deps_excl ffmpeg 'libzmq3-dev\|libsdl2-dev')
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # intentional
 sudo apt install $ffmpeg_build_dep libdav1d-dev libde265-dev
 sudo apt-get -y remove 'libavcodec*' 'libavutil*' 'libswscale*' libvpx-dev 'libx264*' nginx
-update_nasm
 # own x264 build
 sudo apt --no-install-recommends install asciidoc xmlto
 # openVPL
diff --git a/.github/scripts/Linux/utils/Dockerfile.ubuntu b/.github/scripts/Linux/utils/Dockerfile.ubuntu
index 6ddf65381..b70674f08 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/Linux/utils/Dockerfile.ubuntu
+++ b/.github/scripts/Linux/utils/Dockerfile.ubuntu
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # inspired by https://github.com/aferrero2707/appimage-testsuite
 # installing libraries included in https://raw.githubusercontent.com/probonopd/AppImages/master/excludelist
-FROM ubuntu:18.04
+FROM ubuntu:20.04
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libasound2 libegl1-mesa libfontconfig1 libgl1-mesa-glx libgmp10 libharfbuzz0b libp11-kit0 libx11-6 xvfb
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ccpp.yml b/.github/workflows/ccpp.yml
index b140ec669..832a8b8ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ccpp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ccpp.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
   Ubuntu:
     name: run Ubuntu
     needs: prepare
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     env:
       appimage_key: ${{ secrets.appimage_key }}
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: make distcheck
       run: make distcheck
     - name: check libc/libstdc++ ABI
-      run: .github/scripts/Linux/check_abi.sh 2.27 3.4.22 1.3.9 bin/* lib/ultragrid/*
+      run: .github/scripts/Linux/check_abi.sh 2.31 3.4.28 1.3.12 bin/* lib/ultragrid/*
     - name: Create AppImage
       run: data/scripts/Linux-AppImage/create-appimage.sh https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/releases/download/continuous/UltraGrid-$CHANNEL-x86_64.AppImage.zsync
     - name: Check AppImage