diff --git a/.github/workflows/open-gitea-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/open-gitea-pr.yml
index 42a2d4d..bc4c4d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/open-gitea-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/open-gitea-pr.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   open-gitea-pr:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # GitHub-hosted runners are billing-blocked for this org, so the hosted job
+    # never started. Run on the self-hosted runner, which also has LAN access to
+    # the Gitea host. This workflow only fires on push to main (never on PRs from
+    # forks), so it is safe on the private runner.
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
         with: