diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4031f3875..9419f156e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -342,14 +342,14 @@ jobs:
   # Technically, "unix" is a misnomer, but we use it here to mean "Unix-like BSD-derived".
   unix:
     name: unix-${{ matrix.distro.name }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-16-core-x64
     timeout-minutes: 20
 
     env:
       SYNERGY_BUILD_CMD: |
         ./scripts/install_deps.sh;
         cmake -B build;
-        cmake --build build -j8;
+        cmake --build build -j16;
         export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen;
         ./build/bin/unittests
         ./build/bin/integtests
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index da93ae826..7680e74be 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Enhancements:
 - #7488 Only wait for elevated process to end when arg is set
 - #7489 Add `--config-toml` arg for TOML config file
 - #7492 Add warnings for `libei` and `libportal`
+- #7495 Use 16-CPU CI runner for FreeBSD
 
 # 1.15.1