diff --git a/.github/workflows/README.md b/.github/workflows/README.md
index 5e2e28af70d..dce2084e11f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/README.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Documents the various GitHub Actions workflows, the role they fulfill and 3rd pa
 Builds and runs CCF performance tests, both end to end and micro-benchmarks. Results are posted to bencher.dev, and [plotted to make regressions obvious](https://bencher.dev/console/projects/ccf/plots).
 Triggered on every commit on `main`, but not on PR builds because the setup required to build from forks is complex and fragile in terms of security, and the increase in pool usage would be substantial.
 
-Tests are run and published on two different testbeds for comparison: gha-vmss-d16av5-ci (d16av5 VMs) and gha-c-aci-ci (C-ACI with 16 cores and 32Gb RAM), and are labeled accordingly in the bencher UI.
+Tests are run and published on two different testbeds for comparison: gha-vmss-d16av6-ci (d16av6 VMs) and gha-c-aci-ci (C-ACI with 16 cores and 32Gb RAM), and are labeled accordingly in the bencher UI.
 
 File: `bencher.yml`
 3rd party dependencies:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bencher-ab.yml b/.github/workflows/bencher-ab.yml
index 368ca7af292..566da21ed15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bencher-ab.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bencher-ab.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=bab_benchmark_pr-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     if: &check_trigger_conditions ${{ (github.event.action == 'labeled' && github.event.label.name == 'bench-ab') || (github.event.action != 'labeled' && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'bench-ab')) || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'schedule'}}
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=bab_benchmark_main-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     if: *check_trigger_conditions
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=bab_compare-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bencher.yml b/.github/workflows/bencher.yml
index 722f20e29bd..1e0237dd9d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bencher.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bencher.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=bench_virtual-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-verification.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-verification.yml
index b3a8d31d419..ffeb3248faf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-verification.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-verification.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=civ_mc_consistency-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=civ_mc_consensus-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=civ_tv_consensus-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ jobs:
 
   model-checking-self-healing-open:
     name: Model Checking - Self-Healing Open
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, 1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, 1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci]
     container:
       image: mcr.microsoft.com/azurelinux/base/core:3.0
       options: --user root --publish-all --cap-add NET_ADMIN --cap-add NET_RAW --cap-add SYS_PTRACE
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9920313b9aa..1d3e7649b0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=ci_build_tidy-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=ci_build_test_virtual-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=ci_coverage-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 5dac8f02655..8952b76910a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=codeql_analyze-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/long-test.yml b/.github/workflows/long-test.yml
index 6f2b7bdb68b..4db218381a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/long-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/long-test.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=long_asan-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=long_tsan-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=long_e2e_debug-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=long_e2e_release-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=long_e2e_shuffled-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/long-verification.yml b/.github/workflows/long-verification.yml
index 538949edf82..c6484445a49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/long-verification.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/long-verification.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=long_mc_atomic_reconfig-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=long_mc_reconfig-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3aedc8611fd..8cbecb472e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=release_image_digest-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     outputs:
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=release_build_release-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=release_test_rpm_against_app-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     container:
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       [
         self-hosted,
-        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av5-ci,
+        1ES.Pool=gha-vmss-d16av6-ci,
         "JobId=release_reproduce_rpm-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}",
       ]
     env: