diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_test.yaml
index fe43747a..6e39d6ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_test.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: self-hosted
     permissions:
       contents: write  # Required for GitHub Pages deploy
       id-token: write  # Required for GCP auth
diff --git a/changelog_entry.yaml b/changelog_entry.yaml
index e69de29b..bce5cd82 100644
--- a/changelog_entry.yaml
+++ b/changelog_entry.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- bump: patch
+  changes:
+    changed:
+    - GitHub Actions workflow now uses self-hosted GCP runner to handle memory-intensive dataset builds