diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-nixos-v2.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-nixos-v2.yml
index 26fa03aba9b4..2be0da186aef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-nixos-v2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-nixos-v2.yml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        system:
-          - x86_64-linux
-          - aarch64-linux
-    runs-on: >-
-      ${{ (matrix.system == 'x86_64-linux' && 'ubuntu-24.04')
-      || (matrix.system == 'aarch64-linux' && 'ubuntu-24.04-arm') }}
+        include:
+          - runner: ubuntu-24.04
+            system: x86_64-linux
+          - runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+            system: aarch64-linux
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with: