diff --git a/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/releasePipeline.yml b/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/releasePipeline.yml
index c403aff28a..7ad5c6ccad 100644
--- a/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/releasePipeline.yml
+++ b/tools/releaseBuild/azureDevOps/releasePipeline.yml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ stages:
     displayName: Validate Package BOM
     pool:
       # testing
-      vmImage: windows-latest
+      vmImage: ubuntu-latest
     variables:
     - group: 'Azure Blob variable group'
     steps: