diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d42be965f..be3e22958 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -235,7 +235,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-24.04, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+        # Build Linux Qt/AppImage artifacts on the oldest supported runner to
+        # keep the bundled glibc baseline compatible with older distributions.
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, windows-latest, macos-latest]
         python_version: [3.9]
         node_version: [22]
         skip_rust: [false]