diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
index f6224685e..9684f8eb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
 
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04 # explicitly use older ubuntu, see commit 428c40018f
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1cd7b080b..37fd21e9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04 # explicitly use older ubuntu, see commit 428c40018f
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index db8e02822..afb5473ff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ LDFLAGS = -s -w $(VERSION_LDFLAGS)
 
 .PHONY: gvproxy
 gvproxy:
-	go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy ./cmd/gvproxy
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy ./cmd/gvproxy
 
 .PHONY: qemu-wrapper
 qemu-wrapper:
-	go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/qemu-wrapper ./cmd/qemu-wrapper
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/qemu-wrapper ./cmd/qemu-wrapper
 
 .PHONY: vm
 vm:
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ vm:
 # win-sshproxy is compiled as a windows GUI to support backgrounding
 .PHONY: win-sshproxy
 win-sshproxy:
-	GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS) -H=windowsgui" -o bin/win-sshproxy.exe ./cmd/win-sshproxy
-	GOOS=windows GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS) -H=windowsgui" -o bin/win-sshproxy-arm64.exe ./cmd/win-sshproxy
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS) -H=windowsgui" -o bin/win-sshproxy.exe ./cmd/win-sshproxy
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS) -H=windowsgui" -o bin/win-sshproxy-arm64.exe ./cmd/win-sshproxy
 
 # gvproxy for windows is compiled as a windows GUI to support backgrounding
 .PHONY: win-gvproxy
 win-gvproxy:
-	GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS) -H=windowsgui" -o bin/gvproxy.exe ./cmd/gvproxy
-	GOOS=windows GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS) -H=windowsgui" -o bin/gvproxy-arm64.exe ./cmd/gvproxy
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS) -H=windowsgui" -o bin/gvproxy.exe ./cmd/gvproxy
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS) -H=windowsgui" -o bin/gvproxy-arm64.exe ./cmd/gvproxy
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
@@ -58,18 +58,18 @@ push:
 
 .PHONY: cross
 cross: $(TOOLS_BINDIR)/makefat
-	GOARCH=amd64 GOOS=freebsd  go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy-freebsd-amd64 ./cmd/gvproxy
-	GOARCH=amd64 GOOS=windows go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy-windows.exe ./cmd/gvproxy
-	GOARCH=arm64 GOOS=windows  go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy-windows-arm64.exe ./cmd/gvproxy
-	GOARCH=amd64 GOOS=linux   go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy-linux-amd64 ./cmd/gvproxy
-	GOARCH=arm64 GOOS=linux   go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy-linux-arm64 ./cmd/gvproxy
-	GOARCH=amd64 GOOS=darwin  go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy-darwin-amd64 ./cmd/gvproxy
-	GOARCH=arm64 GOOS=darwin  go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy-darwin-arm64 ./cmd/gvproxy
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=amd64 GOOS=freebsd  go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy-freebsd-amd64 ./cmd/gvproxy
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=amd64 GOOS=windows go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy-windows.exe ./cmd/gvproxy
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=arm64 GOOS=windows  go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy-windows-arm64.exe ./cmd/gvproxy
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=amd64 GOOS=linux   go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy-linux-amd64 ./cmd/gvproxy
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=arm64 GOOS=linux   go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy-linux-arm64 ./cmd/gvproxy
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=amd64 GOOS=darwin  go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy-darwin-amd64 ./cmd/gvproxy
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=arm64 GOOS=darwin  go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/gvproxy-darwin-arm64 ./cmd/gvproxy
 	cd bin && $(TOOLS_BINDIR)/makefat gvproxy-darwin gvproxy-darwin-amd64 gvproxy-darwin-arm64 && rm gvproxy-darwin-amd64 gvproxy-darwin-arm64
 
 .PHONY: test-companion
 test-companion:
-	GOOS=linux go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/test-companion ./cmd/test-companion
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" -o bin/test-companion ./cmd/test-companion
 
 PHONY: test
 test: gvproxy test-companion