diff --git a/.changeset/ubuntu-qemu-user.md b/.changeset/ubuntu-qemu-user.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a845151cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/ubuntu-qemu-user.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+---
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8b883ca58..d427e360b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify the binary starts without AVX2
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends qemu-user-static
-          qemu-x86_64-static -cpu Nehalem dist/hunk --version
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends qemu-user
+          qemu-x86_64 -cpu Nehalem dist/hunk --version
 
       - name: Verify compiled binary watch mode
         run: bun test ./test/pty/watch.test.ts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-prebuilt-npm.yml b/.github/workflows/release-prebuilt-npm.yml
index 3537b0787..1761164c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-prebuilt-npm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-prebuilt-npm.yml
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.package_name == 'hunkdiff-linux-x64'
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends qemu-user-static
-          qemu-x86_64-static -cpu Nehalem dist/hunk --version
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends qemu-user
+          qemu-x86_64 -cpu Nehalem dist/hunk --version
 
       - name: Upload binary artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1