diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index aec6e3b..c40721c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   validate:
     timeout-minutes: 20
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         id: playwright-cache
         uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
-          path: ~\AppData\Local\ms-playwright
+          path: ~/.cache/ms-playwright
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-playwright-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
 
       - name: Install browsers
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run install:browsers
         timeout-minutes: 15
 
+      - name: Install browser system dependencies
+        run: npx playwright install-deps
+
       - name: Smoke reference generation
         run: npm run ref -- --test-suite alloy