diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/before_merging.yml b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/before_merging.yml
index 50ea168ded3fe9f173032f3a69009b90a6702840..ef2d749b00e7d60312fab15f737b617011a40913 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/before_merging.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/before_merging.yml
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ build_octez_source:
   image: ${ci_image_name}/build:${ci_image_tag}
   stage: build
   tags:
-  - gcp
+  - gcp_very_high_cpu
   rules:
   - when: manual
     allow_failure: true
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/merge_train.yml b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/merge_train.yml
index 144553c322ec0894dae7c31680c0a8cf8d8db030..b7472ec6e4c3a813ea405755c5435e13f62e1851 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/merge_train.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/merge_train.yml
@@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ build_octez_source:
   image: ${ci_image_name}/build:${ci_image_tag}
   stage: build
   tags:
-  - gcp
+  - gcp_very_high_cpu
   rules:
   - when: manual
     allow_failure: true
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/schedule_extended_test.yml b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/schedule_extended_test.yml
index 416b4352d4a296c364fad2eaf6730d0cebdf7af0..d3a78f8bf4bc4223e0f624bba6a6122d974c62ad 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/schedule_extended_test.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/schedule_extended_test.yml
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ build_octez_source:
   image: ${ci_image_name}/build:${ci_image_tag}
   stage: build
   tags:
-  - gcp
+  - gcp_very_high_cpu
   rules:
   - when: always
   dependencies:
diff --git a/ci/bin/code_verification.ml b/ci/bin/code_verification.ml
index 8fe3865562b0787ec57bf71f385a9b3ecfdf9409..785f8fadf411e654f9a1101c2bf4f8e2e84d66e8 100644
--- a/ci/bin/code_verification.ml
+++ b/ci/bin/code_verification.ml
@@ -784,6 +784,7 @@ let jobs pipeline_type =
         ~__POS__
         ~stage
         ~image:Images.CI.build
+        ~cpu:Very_high
         ~rules:(make_rules ~manual:Yes ())
         ~before_script:
           (before_script