diff --git a/.github/workflows/replay-verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/replay-verify.yaml
index ac498ad123fc49..cec52154fb801f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/replay-verify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/replay-verify.yaml
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ jobs:
       TXNS_TO_SKIP: "0"
       # 1195000000-122000000: https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core/pull/13832
       RANGES_TO_SKIP: "1195000000-1220000000"
-      BACKUP_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH: terraform/helm/fullnode/files/backup/gcs.yaml
+      BACKUP_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH: terraform/helm/fullnode/files/backup/s3.yaml
       # workflow config
-      RUNS_ON: "high-perf-docker-with-local-ssd"
+      RUNS_ON: "runs-on,cpu=96,family=c5d+c5ad,image=aptos-ubuntu-x64,run-id=${{ github.run_id }},spot=co"
       TIMEOUT_MINUTES: 180
       MAX_VERSIONS_PER_RANGE: 2000000
 
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ jobs:
       TXNS_TO_SKIP: "0"
       # 1197378568-1198492648: https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core/pull/13832
       RANGES_TO_SKIP: "1197378568-1198492648"
-      BACKUP_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH: terraform/helm/fullnode/files/backup/gcs.yaml
+      BACKUP_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH: terraform/helm/fullnode/files/backup/s3.yaml
       # workflow config
-      RUNS_ON: "high-perf-docker-with-local-ssd"
+      RUNS_ON: "runs-on,cpu=96,family=c5d+c5ad,image=aptos-ubuntu-x64,run-id=${{ github.run_id }},spot=co"
       TIMEOUT_MINUTES: 180
       MAX_VERSIONS_PER_RANGE: 800000
 
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ jobs:
       TXNS_TO_SKIP: "0"
       # 1195000000-1220000000: https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core/pull/13832
       RANGES_TO_SKIP: "1195000000-1220000000"
-      BACKUP_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH: terraform/helm/fullnode/files/backup/gcs.yaml
+      BACKUP_CONFIG_TEMPLATE_PATH: terraform/helm/fullnode/files/backup/s3.yaml
       # workflow config
-      RUNS_ON: "high-perf-docker-with-local-ssd"
+      RUNS_ON: "runs-on,cpu=96,family=c5d+c5ad,image=aptos-ubuntu-x64,run-id=${{ github.run_id }},spot=co"
       TIMEOUT_MINUTES: 120 # increase test replay timeout to capture more flaky errors
       MAX_VERSIONS_PER_RANGE: 2000000
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow-run-replay-verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/workflow-run-replay-verify.yaml
index 40788a9fa0e281..717c830c0ebdb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow-run-replay-verify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow-run-replay-verify.yaml
@@ -126,12 +126,6 @@ jobs:
           strip -s target/release/aptos-debugger
           cp target/release/aptos-debugger .
 
-      - name: Install GCloud SDK
-        uses: "google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2"
-        with:
-          version: ">= 418.0.0"
-          install_components: "kubectl,gke-gcloud-auth-plugin"
-
       - name: get timestamp to use in cache key
         id: get-timestamp
         run: echo "ts=$(date +%s)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT