diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f6dd2c0dcca..6f6d83f8d65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ jobs:
       arch: x86_64
       version: ${{ needs.fetch-version.outputs.version }}
 
+  build-dev-packages-arm64:
+    needs: [fetch-version]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable_build_packages.yaml
+    with:
+      arch: aarch64
+      version: ${{ needs.fetch-version.outputs.version }}
+
   test-dev-packages:
     needs: [fetch-version, build-dev-packages]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable_test_packages.yaml
@@ -35,6 +42,16 @@ jobs:
       static: ${{ matrix.static != '' && true || false }}
       version: ${{ needs.fetch-version.outputs.version }}
 
+  test-dev-packages-arm64:
+    needs: [fetch-version, build-dev-packages]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable_test_packages.yaml
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+    with:
+      arch: aarch64
+      static: ${{ matrix.static != '' && true || false }}
+      version: ${{ needs.fetch-version.outputs.version }}
+
   build-dev-minimal:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable_build_dev.yaml
     with:
@@ -42,7 +59,15 @@ jobs:
       git_ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
       minimal: true
       build_type: Debug
-  
+
+  build-dev-minimal-arm64:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable_build_dev.yaml
+    with:
+      arch: aarch64
+      git_ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+      minimal: true
+      build_type: Debug
+
   # builds using system deps, checking out the PR's code
   # note: this also runs a command that generates an output of form: "<engine_version> <some_hash>",
   # of which <some_hash> is computed by hashing in order the following:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_build_dev.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_build_dev.yaml
index 8ecbd5d1c7b..bfd571342eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_build_dev.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_build_dev.yaml
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-and-test:
     # See https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/409#issuecomment-1158849936
-    runs-on: ${{ (inputs.arch == 'aarch64' && fromJSON('[ "self-hosted", "linux", "ARM64" ]')) || 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
-    container: ${{ (inputs.arch == 'aarch64' && 'ubuntu:22.04') || '' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ (inputs.arch == 'aarch64' && 'actuated-arm64-8cpu-16gb') || 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
     outputs:
       cmdout: ${{ steps.run_cmd.outputs.out }}  
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_build_docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_build_docker.yaml
index e16ab70c962..f2dab156858 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_build_docker.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_build_docker.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-docker:
     # See https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/409#issuecomment-1158849936
-    runs-on: ${{ (inputs.arch == 'aarch64' && fromJSON('[ "self-hosted", "linux", "ARM64" ]')) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ (inputs.arch == 'aarch64' && 'actuated-arm64-8cpu-16gb') || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     env:
       TARGETARCH: ${{ (inputs.arch == 'aarch64' && 'arm64') || 'amd64' }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_build_packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_build_packages.yaml
index 4fe08b92eb0..5b818b6de22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_build_packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_build_packages.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-modern-bpf-skeleton:
     # See https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/409#issuecomment-1158849936
-    runs-on: ${{ (inputs.arch == 'aarch64' && fromJSON('[ "self-hosted", "linux", "ARM64" ]')) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ (inputs.arch == 'aarch64' && 'actuated-arm64-8cpu-16gb') || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     container: fedora:latest
     steps:
       # Always install deps before invoking checkout action, to properly perform a full clone.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           
   build-packages:
     # See https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/409#issuecomment-1158849936
-    runs-on: ${{ (inputs.arch == 'aarch64' && fromJSON('[ "self-hosted", "linux", "ARM64" ]')) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ (inputs.arch == 'aarch64' && 'actuated-arm64-8cpu-16gb') || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     needs: [build-modern-bpf-skeleton]
     container: centos:7
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_test_packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/reusable_test_packages.yaml
index 26f959b278b..978bdaaf9d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_test_packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_test_packages.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test-packages:
     # See https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/409#issuecomment-1158849936
-    runs-on: ${{ (inputs.arch == 'aarch64' && fromJSON('[ "self-hosted", "linux", "ARM64" ]')) || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ (inputs.arch == 'aarch64' && 'actuated-arm64-8cpu-16gb') || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608 # v4.1.0
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Right now we are not able to install kernel-headers on our ARM64 self-hosted runner.
       # For this reason, we disable the falco-driver-loader tests, which require kernel headers on the host.
+      # TODO: check if it's possible to do so in actuated runners
       - name: Run regression tests
         env:
           # fixme(leogr): this is a workaround for https://github.com/falcosecurity/falco/issues/2784