diff --git a/examples/microservizio/release.yml b/examples/microservizio/release.yml
index 7c680f4..0770429 100644
--- a/examples/microservizio/release.yml
+++ b/examples/microservizio/release.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   docker-release:
+    runs-on: catthehacker-latest  # workaround Gitea bug #34986: runs-on non rispettato in workflow_call
     uses: https://gitea.com/Punga78/shared-actions/.gitea/workflows/docker-release.yml@v1
     secrets: inherit
     with:
diff --git a/examples/python/release.yml b/examples/python/release.yml
index 0e978bb..a213ad2 100644
--- a/examples/python/release.yml
+++ b/examples/python/release.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   docker-release:
+    runs-on: catthehacker-latest  # workaround Gitea bug #34986: runs-on non rispettato in workflow_call
     uses: https://gitea.com/Punga78/shared-actions/.gitea/workflows/python-docker-release.yml@v1
     secrets: inherit
     with: