diff --git a/.github/workflows/java_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/java_tests.yml
index 1a587e7b4919..305b61623868 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java_tests.yml
@@ -18,38 +18,37 @@
 # To learn more about GitHub Actions in Apache Beam check the CI.md
 
 name: Java Tests
-
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       runDataflow:
         description: 'Type "true" if you want to run Dataflow tests (GCP variables must be configured, check CI.md)'
-        default: false
+        default: 'false'
+        required: false
   schedule:
     - cron: '10 2 * * *'
   push:
     branches: ['master', 'release-*']
-    tags: 'v*'
+    tags: ['v*']
   pull_request:
     branches: ['master', 'release-*']
-    tags: 'v*'
+    tags: ['v*']
     paths: ['sdks/java/**', 'model/**', 'runners/**', 'examples/java/**',
             'examples/kotlin/**', 'release/**', 'buildSrc/**']
-
 # This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
 concurrency:
   group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
   cancel-in-progress: true
-
 jobs:
   check_gcp_variables:
     timeout-minutes: 5
     name: "Check GCP variables set"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, ubuntu-20.04]
     outputs:
       gcp-variables-set: ${{ steps.check_gcp_variables.outputs.gcp-variables-set }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: "Check are GCP variables set"
         run: "./scripts/ci/ci_check_are_gcp_variables_set.sh"
         id: check_gcp_variables
@@ -67,14 +66,24 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [[self-hosted, ubuntu-20.04], macos-latest, [self-hosted, windows-server-2019]]
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
+      - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           submodules: recursive
-      # :sdks:java:core:test
+      - name: Install Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '8'
+      - name: Remove default github maven configuration
+        # This step is a workaround to avoid a decryption issue of Beam's
+        # net.linguica.gradle.maven.settings plugin and github's provided maven
+        # settings.xml file
+        run: rm ~/.m2/settings.xml
+        # :sdks:java:core:test
       - name: Run :sdks:java:core:test
         uses: ./.github/actions/gradle-command-action
         with:
@@ -116,13 +125,23 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [[self-hosted, ubuntu-20.04], macos-latest, [self-hosted, windows-server-2019]]
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
+      - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           submodules: recursive
+      - name: Install Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '8'
+      - name: Remove default github maven configuration
+        # This step is a workaround to avoid a decryption issue of Beam's
+        # net.linguica.gradle.maven.settings plugin and github's provided maven
+        # settings.xml file
+        run: rm ~/.m2/settings.xml
       - name: Install go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
@@ -153,9 +172,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [[self-hosted, ubuntu-20.04], macos-latest, [self-hosted, windows-server-2019]]
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
+      - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
@@ -175,7 +194,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3.6.0
         with:
           distribution: 'zulu'
-          java-version: 8
+          java-version: '8'
       - name: Remove default github maven configuration
         # This step is a workaround to avoid a decryption issue of Beam's
         # gradle-command-action plugin and github's provided maven