diff --git a/.github/start-wasm-example/package-lock.json b/.github/start-wasm-example/package-lock.json
index 4a39b73a25660..2d4105d6751ca 100644
--- a/.github/start-wasm-example/package-lock.json
+++ b/.github/start-wasm-example/package-lock.json
@@ -12,16 +12,17 @@
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+        "@types/node": "*",
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       "bin": {
         "playwright": "cli.js"
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@
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@@ -53,23 +60,30 @@
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       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "playwright-core": "1.22.1"
+        "@types/node": "*",
+        "playwright-core": "1.28.1"
       }
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+    "@types/node": {
+      "version": "18.11.11",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-18.11.11.tgz",
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.0.1.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.28.1.tgz",
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diff --git a/.github/start-wasm-example/package.json b/.github/start-wasm-example/package.json
index 9e10e8134e657..1ce7e5e2dfb85 100644
--- a/.github/start-wasm-example/package.json
+++ b/.github/start-wasm-example/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@playwright/test": "^1.22.1"
+    "@playwright/test": "^1.28.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "dotenv": "^16.0.1"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f28aca435c222..bd02cce546511 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
           #GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
   run-examples:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04 # TODO: figure out why latest fails
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
       - name: Install Bevy dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validation-jobs.yml b/.github/workflows/validation-jobs.yml
index efc765e8f4e55..7a35bf314e9c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validation-jobs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validation-jobs.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
           done
 
   run-examples-on-wasm:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04 # TODO: figure out why this fails on latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3