diff --git a/.github/workflows/broken-linkcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/broken-linkcheck.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 134253848f710..0000000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/broken-linkcheck.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-name: Linkcheck
-on:
-  schedule:
-  # Run monthly on the 1st day of the month
-    - cron: '0 0 1 * *'
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - ".github/workflows/broken-linkcheck.yml"
-      - "doc/make.py"
-jobs:
-  linkcheck:
-    if: false
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash -el {0}
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up Conda
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-conda
-
-      - name: Build Pandas
-        uses: ./.github/actions/build_pandas
-
-      - name: Run linkcheck script
-        working-directory: ./doc
-        run: |
-          set -o pipefail
-          python make.py linkcheck | tee linkcheck.txt
-
-      - name: Display broken links
-        if: failure()
-        working-directory: ./doc
-        run: grep broken linkcheck.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cache-cleanup-daily.yml b/.github/workflows/cache-cleanup-daily.yml
index 8eadfb2ccd2a9..517d9839f4832 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cache-cleanup-daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cache-cleanup-daily.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   cleanup:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: github.repository_owner == 'pandas-dev'
     permissions:
       actions: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cache-cleanup.yml b/.github/workflows/cache-cleanup.yml
index 099974141c1d1..e355c8bc8acf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cache-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cache-cleanup.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   cleanup:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'pandas-dev'
     steps:
       - name: Clean Cache
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/comment-commands.yml b/.github/workflows/comment-commands.yml
index d407f40ef2c08..053907e6cebbc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/comment-commands.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/comment-commands.yml
@@ -19,64 +19,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           previewer-server: "https://pandas.pydata.org/preview"
           artifact-job: "Doc Build and Upload"
-  asv_run:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    # TODO: Support more benchmarking options later, against different branches, against self, etc
-    if: github.event.issue.pull_request && startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '@github-actions benchmark')
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash -el {0}
-    env:
-      ENV_FILE: environment.yml
-      COMMENT: ${{github.event.comment.body}}
-
-    concurrency:
-      # Set concurrency to prevent abuse(full runs are ~5.5 hours !!!)
-      # each user can only run one concurrent benchmark bot at a time
-      # We don't cancel in progress jobs, but if you want to benchmark multiple PRs, you're gonna have
-      # to wait
-      group: ${{ github.actor }}-asv
-      cancel-in-progress: false
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-        # Although asv sets up its own env, deps are still needed
-        # during discovery process
-      - name: Set up Conda
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-conda
-
-      - name: Run benchmarks
-        id: bench
-        continue-on-error: true # asv will exit code 1 for regressions
-        run: |
-          # extracting the regex, see https://stackoverflow.com/a/36798723
-          REGEX=$(echo "$COMMENT" | sed -n "s/^.*-b\s*\(\S*\).*$/\1/p")
-          cd asv_bench
-          asv check -E existing
-          git remote add upstream https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas.git
-          git fetch upstream
-          asv machine --yes
-          asv continuous -f 1.1 -b $REGEX upstream/main HEAD
-          echo 'BENCH_OUTPUT<<EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          asv compare -f 1.1 upstream/main HEAD >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo 'EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "REGEX=$REGEX" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - uses: actions/github-script@v8
-        env:
-          BENCH_OUTPUT: ${{env.BENCH_OUTPUT}}
-          REGEX: ${{env.REGEX}}
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const ENV_VARS = process.env
-            const run_url = `https://github.com/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/actions/runs/${context.runId}`
-            github.rest.issues.createComment({
-              issue_number: context.issue.number,
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              body: '\nBenchmarks completed. View runner logs here.' + run_url + '\nRegex used: '+ 'regex ' + ENV_VARS["REGEX"] + '\n' + ENV_VARS["BENCH_OUTPUT"]
-            })
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 51901919e4adb..f708308b7ec9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # Note: Don't use macOS latest since macos 14 appears to be arm64 only
-        os: [macos-13, macos-14, windows-latest]
+        os: [macos-13, macos-14, windows-2025]
         env_file: [actions-311.yaml, actions-312.yaml, actions-313.yaml]
       fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         # Separate out macOS 13 and 14, since macOS 14 is arm64 only
-        os: [ubuntu-24.04, macOS-13, macOS-14, windows-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-24.04, macOS-13, macOS-14, windows-2025]
 
     timeout-minutes: 90
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index 6f9bb2c487cf8..7da88d634adfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ jobs:
       - build_sdist
       - build_wheels
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     environment:
       name: pypi
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: dist          # everything lands in ./dist/**
 
+      # TODO: This step can be probably be achieved by actions/download-artifact@v5
+      # by specifying merge-multiple: true, and a glob pattern
       - name: Collect files
         run: |
           mkdir -p upload