diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5b55515b..6be1ac7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: rm -- Cargo.toml
       - name: Generate tool list
         id: tool-list
-        run: tools/ci/tool-list.sh >>"${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+        run: tools/ci/tool-list.sh "" "${{ matrix.container }}" >>"${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       # remove bash installed by checkout-action
       - run: apk --no-cache del bash
         shell: sh
diff --git a/tools/ci/tool-list.sh b/tools/ci/tool-list.sh
index 9b91fa37..8d951014 100755
--- a/tools/ci/tool-list.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/tool-list.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ case "${1:-}" in
     exit 1
     ;;
 esac
+runner="${2:-}"
 case "$(uname -s)" in
   Linux)
     host_os=linux
@@ -111,6 +112,9 @@ case "$(uname -s)" in
     if ! type -P apt-get >/dev/null; then
       incompat_tools+=(cyclonedx)
     fi
+    if [[ "${runner}" == "ubuntu:14.04" ]]; then
+      incompat_tools+=(cyclonedx)
+    fi
     ;;
   Darwin) host_os=macos ;;
   MINGW* | MSYS* | CYGWIN* | Windows_NT) host_os=windows ;;