diff --git a/.github/workflows/nx-libs.yml b/.github/workflows/nx-libs.yml
index 88b1f5e2bf..615637598a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nx-libs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nx-libs.yml
@@ -9,24 +9,24 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Build on ${{ matrix.cfg.container }} - ${{ matrix.cfg.cc-version }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     container: ${{ matrix.cfg.container }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         cfg:
-          - { container: 'ubuntu:16.04', cc-version: gcc }
-          - { container: 'ubuntu:16.04', cc-version: clang }
           - { container: 'ubuntu:20.04', cc-version: gcc }
           - { container: 'ubuntu:20.04', cc-version: clang }
           - { container: 'ubuntu:22.04', cc-version: gcc }
           - { container: 'ubuntu:22.04', cc-version: clang }
+          - { container: 'ubuntu:24.04', cc-version: gcc }
+          - { container: 'ubuntu:24.04', cc-version: clang }
           - { container: 'debian:stable', cc-version: gcc }
           - { container: 'debian:stable', cc-version: clang }
           - { container: 'debian:sid', cc-version: gcc }
           - { container: 'debian:sid', cc-version: clang }
-          - { container: 'quay.io/centos/centos:7', cc-version: gcc }
-          - { container: 'quay.io/centos/centos:7', cc-version: clang }
+          - { container: 'quay.io/rockylinux/rockylinux:8', cc-version: gcc }
+          - { container: 'quay.io/rockylinux/rockylinux:8', cc-version: clang }
           - { container: 'quay.io/centos/centos:stream9', cc-version: gcc }
           - { container: 'quay.io/centos/centos:stream9', cc-version: clang }
           - { container: 'fedora:latest', cc-version: gcc }
@@ -58,16 +58,9 @@ jobs:
             dnf -y install ${{ matrix.cfg.cc-version }}
             ${{ matrix.cfg.cc-version }} --version
             ;;
-          */centos:7)
-            cat /etc/centos-release
-            rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
-            yum -y update
-            yum -y install ${{ matrix.cfg.cc-version }}
-            ${{ matrix.cfg.cc-version }} --version
-            ;;
-          */centos:stream8)
-            cat /etc/centos-release
-            rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-centosofficial
+          */rockylinux:8)
+            cat /etc/rocky-release
+            rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rockyofficial
             dnf -y update --nobest --allowerasing
             dnf -y install ${{ matrix.cfg.cc-version }}
             ${{ matrix.cfg.cc-version }} --version
@@ -121,28 +114,7 @@ jobs:
             dnf -y install \
               quilt xkbcomp-devel
             ;;
-          */centos:7)
-            # enable epel repository for quilt
-            yum -y install epel-release
-            rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7
-            # basic packages
-            yum -y install \
-              autoconf automake gcc-c++ libtool make imake pkgconfig which
-            # imake deps
-            yum -y install \
-              xorg-x11-proto-devel zlib-devel
-            # X11 libraries deps
-            yum -y install \
-              libjpeg-devel expat-devel libpng-devel libxml2-devel pixman-devel \
-              libX11-devel libXext-devel libXpm-devel libXfont-devel \
-              libXdmcp-devel libXdamage-devel libXcomposite-devel \
-              libXrandr-devel libXfixes-devel libXtst-devel libXinerama-devel \
-              xorg-x11-font-utils libtirpc-devel xkeyboard-config
-            # soft requirements
-            yum -y --enablerepo=epel install \
-              quilt xorg-x11-xkb-utils-devel
-            ;;
-          */centos:stream8)
+          */rockylinux:8)
             # Enable powertools repository for imake
             dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core epel-release
             rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-8
@@ -189,7 +161,7 @@ jobs:
           esac
 
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Build nx-libs with ${{ matrix.cfg.cc-version }}
       shell: sh
@@ -207,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
             ;;
         esac
         case "${{ matrix.cfg.container }}" in
-          fedora*|*/centos*|debian*|ubuntu*)
+          fedora*|*/centos*|rockylinux*|debian*|ubuntu*)
             export IMAKE_DEFINES="-DUseTIRPC=YES"
             make VERBOSE=1 IMAKE_DEFINES="${IMAKE_DEFINES}"
             ;;