diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_all_targets.yml b/.github/workflows/build_all_targets.yml
index 6e2a028b7e..1dde29bf91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_all_targets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_all_targets.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
 
   sitl_tests:
     name: SITL Tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: [runs-on,runner=8cpu-linux-x64,image=ubuntu22-full-x64,"run-id=${{ github.run_id }}"]
     needs:
       - setup
       - group_targets
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sitl_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/sitl_tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3282c797c5..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/sitl_tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,135 +0,0 @@
-name: SITL Tests
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-    - 'main'
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-    - '*'
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        config:
-          - {model: "iris",          latitude:  "59.617693", longitude: "-151.145316", altitude:  "48", build_type: "RelWithDebInfo" } # Alaska
-          # - {model: "standard_vtol", latitude: "-38.071235", longitude:  "145.281220", altitude:  "31", build_type: "AddressSanitizer" } # Australia
-          - {model: "tailsitter" ,   latitude:  "29.660316", longitude:  "-82.316658", altitude:  "30", build_type: "RelWithDebInfo" } # Florida
-          - {model: "standard_vtol", latitude:  "47.397742", longitude:    "8.545594", altitude: "488", build_type: "Coverage" } # Zurich
-
-    container:
-      image: px4io/px4-dev-simulation-focal:2021-09-08
-      options: --privileged --ulimit core=-1 --security-opt seccomp=unconfined
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-      with:
-        token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-
-    - name: Download MAVSDK
-      run: wget "https://github.com/mavlink/MAVSDK/releases/download/v$(cat test/mavsdk_tests/MAVSDK_VERSION)/libmavsdk-dev_$(cat test/mavsdk_tests/MAVSDK_VERSION)_ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb"
-    - name: Install MAVSDK
-      run: dpkg -i "libmavsdk-dev_$(cat test/mavsdk_tests/MAVSDK_VERSION)_ubuntu20.04_amd64.deb"
-
-    - name: Prepare ccache timestamp
-      id: ccache_cache_timestamp
-      shell: cmake -P {0}
-      run: |
-        string(TIMESTAMP current_date "%Y-%m-%d-%H;%M;%S" UTC)
-        message("::set-output name=timestamp::${current_date}")
-    - name: ccache cache files
-      uses: actions/cache@v2
-      with:
-        path: ~/.ccache
-        key: sitl_tests-${{matrix.config.build_type}}-ccache-${{steps.ccache_cache_timestamp.outputs.timestamp}}
-        restore-keys: sitl_tests-${{matrix.config.build_type}}-ccache-
-    - name: setup ccache
-      run: |
-          mkdir -p ~/.ccache
-          echo "base_dir = ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" > ~/.ccache/ccache.conf
-          echo "compression = true" >> ~/.ccache/ccache.conf
-          echo "compression_level = 6" >> ~/.ccache/ccache.conf
-          echo "max_size = 100M" >> ~/.ccache/ccache.conf
-          echo "hash_dir = false" >> ~/.ccache/ccache.conf
-          ccache -s
-          ccache -z
-
-    - name: check environment
-      env:
-        PX4_HOME_LAT: ${{matrix.config.latitude}}
-        PX4_HOME_LON: ${{matrix.config.longitude}}
-        PX4_HOME_ALT: ${{matrix.config.altitude}}
-        PX4_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: ${{matrix.config.build_type}}
-      run: |
-          export
-          ulimit -a
-    - name: Build PX4
-      env:
-        PX4_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: ${{matrix.config.build_type}}
-      run: make px4_sitl_default
-    - name: ccache post-run px4/firmware
-      run: ccache -s
-    - name: Build SITL Gazebo
-      env:
-        PX4_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: ${{matrix.config.build_type}}
-      run: make px4_sitl_default sitl_gazebo-classic
-    - name: ccache post-run sitl_gazebo-classic
-      run: ccache -s
-    - name: Build MAVSDK tests
-      env:
-        PX4_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: ${{matrix.config.build_type}}
-        DONT_RUN: 1
-      run: make px4_sitl_default sitl_gazebo-classic mavsdk_tests
-    - name: ccache post-run mavsdk_tests
-      run: ccache -s
-
-    - name: Core dump settings
-      run: |
-          ulimit -c unlimited
-          echo "`pwd`/%e.core" > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
-
-    - name: Run SITL tests
-      env:
-        PX4_HOME_LAT: ${{matrix.config.latitude}}
-        PX4_HOME_LON: ${{matrix.config.longitude}}
-        PX4_HOME_ALT: ${{matrix.config.altitude}}
-        PX4_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: ${{matrix.config.build_type}}
-      run: test/mavsdk_tests/mavsdk_test_runner.py --speed-factor 20 --abort-early --model ${{matrix.config.model}} --upload test/mavsdk_tests/configs/sitl.json --verbose
-      timeout-minutes: 45
-
-    - name: Look at core files
-      if: failure()
-      run: gdb build/px4_sitl_default/bin/px4 px4.core -ex "thread apply all bt" -ex "quit"
-    - name: Upload px4 coredump
-      if: failure()
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2-preview
-      with:
-        name: coredump
-        path: px4.core
-
-    - name: Upload px4 binary
-      if: failure()
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2-preview
-      with:
-        name: binary
-        path: build/px4_sitl_default/bin/px4
-
-    # Report test coverage
-    - name: Upload coverage
-      if: contains(matrix.config.build_type, 'Coverage')
-      run: |
-          git config --global credential.helper "" # disable the keychain credential helper
-          git config --global --add credential.helper store # enable the local store credential helper
-          echo "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}@github.com" >> ~/.git-credentials # add credential
-          git config --global url."https://github.com/".insteadof git@github.com: # credentials add credential
-          mkdir -p coverage
-          lcov --directory build/px4_sitl_default --base-directory build/px4_sitl_default --gcov-tool gcov --capture -o coverage/lcov.info
-    - name: Upload coverage information to Codecov
-      if: contains(matrix.config.build_type, 'Coverage')
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
-      with:
-        token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-        flags: mavsdk
-        file: coverage/lcov.info