(MAINT) try different os to install on

Author: davidmalloncares

.github/workflows/test-add-compiler-matrix.yml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         architecture: [standard, large, extra-large]
         version: [2021.7.9, 2023.8.5, 2025.5.0]
-        image: [almalinux-cloud/almalinux-8]
+        image: [almalinux-cloud/almalinux-9]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Source
         uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/test-add-replica-matrix.yaml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         architecture: [standard, standard-with-dr, large, extra-large]
         version: [2023.8.5, 2025.5.0]
-        image: [almalinux-cloud/almalinux-8]
+        image: [almalinux-cloud/almalinux-9]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Source
         uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/test-migration.yaml

@@ -44,30 +44,30 @@ jobs:
           - large-with-dr
           - extra-large-with-dr
         version: [2021.7.9, 2023.8.5, 2025.5.0]
-        image: [almalinux-cloud/almalinux-8]
+        image: [almalinux-cloud/almalinux-9]
         include:
           - architecture: standard
             version: 2023.8.5
-            image: almalinux-cloud/almalinux-8
+            image: almalinux-cloud/almalinux-9
             new_pe_version: 2025.5.0
           - architecture: large
             version: 2023.8.5
-            image: almalinux-cloud/almalinux-8
+            image: almalinux-cloud/almalinux-9
             new_pe_version: 2025.5.0
           - architecture: extra-large
             version: 2023.8.5
-            image: almalinux-cloud/almalinux-8
+            image: almalinux-cloud/almalinux-9
             new_pe_version: 2025.5.0
          # excluding the following combinations as due to their long running nature they always fail due to 
          # the test nodes in GCP that litmus provisions becoming unreachable after a time. If we address PE-40902
          # to change how we provision test nodes in CI then we will hopefully be able to include these
         exclude:
           - architecture: extra-large-with-dr
             version: 2023.8.5
-            image: almalinux-cloud/almalinux-8
+            image: almalinux-cloud/almalinux-9
           - architecture: extra-large-with-dr
             version: 2025.5.0
-            image: almalinux-cloud/almalinux-8
+            image: almalinux-cloud/almalinux-9
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Source
         uses: actions/checkout@v4