diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 403355f821..22edf8bf43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        # Use ubuntu-18.04 because of glibc issues,
-        # see https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript-vscode/issues/216.
-        os: [macos-latest, ubuntu-18.04, windows-latest, macos-arm]
+        # Stay on the oldest Ubuntu version that's still supported by Github Actions
+        # to avoid glibc incompatibilities as far as possible.
+        os: [macos-latest, ubuntu-20.04, windows-latest, macos-arm]
         ocaml_compiler: [4.14.0]
 
     runs-on: ${{matrix.os}}