diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index ee61f12af..d2db03fc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   docker-targets-build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      CARGO_BUILD_JOBS: 6
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-xlarge
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref_type == 'tag'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -46,6 +48,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           platform=${{ matrix.platform.platform }}
           echo "PLATFORM_PAIR=${platform//\//-}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Install Fontconfig
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev
       - name: Setup Rust
         run: rustup update stable --no-self-update && rustup default stable && rustup target add ${{ matrix.platform.target }}
       - uses: davidB/rust-cargo-make@v1
@@ -522,7 +528,9 @@ jobs:
         sharding-tests,
       ]
     if: "startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      CARGO_BUILD_JOBS: 6
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-xlarge
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -531,6 +539,10 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Fetch tag
         run: git fetch origin --deepen=1
+      - name: Install Fontconfig
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev
       - name: Setup Rust
         run: rustup update stable --no-self-update && rustup default stable
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
@@ -588,6 +600,10 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Fetch tag
         run: git fetch origin --deepen=1
+      - name: Install Fontconfig
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev
       - name: Setup Rust
         run: rustup update stable --no-self-update && rustup default stable && rustup target add ${{ matrix.cfg.rust-target }}
       - uses: davidB/rust-cargo-make@v1