diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2b3379a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# This file contains baseline expectations
+# for checked results by checkmetrics tool.
+#
+# values set specifically for packet.com c1.small worker.
+
+[[metric]]
+name = "boot-times"
+type = "json"
+description = "measure container lifecycle timings"
+# Min and Max values to set a 'range' that
+# the median of the CSV Results data must fall
+# within (inclusive)
+checkvar = ".\"boot-times\".Results | .[] | .\"to-workload\".Result"
+checktype = "mean"
+midval = 0.61
+minpercent = 15.0
+maxpercent = 15.0
diff --git a/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh b/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
index 05b426fbce..e30a8a7d0b 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function create_symbolic_links() {
 	local link_configuration_file="/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration.toml"
 	local source_configuration_file="/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-${KATA_HYPERVISOR}.toml"
 
-	if [ ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} != 'qemu' ] && [ ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} != 'clh' ]; then
+	if [ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" != 'qemu' ] && [ "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" != 'clh' ]; then
 		die "Failed to set the configuration.toml: '${KATA_HYPERVISOR}' is not recognized as a valid hypervisor name."
 	fi
 
@@ -89,13 +89,14 @@ function check_containerd_config_for_kata() {
 }
 
 function check_metrics() {
+	KATA_HYPERVISOR="${1}"
 	# Ensure we have the latest checkemtrics
 	pushd "${checkmetrics_dir}"
 	make
 	sudo make install
 	popd
 
-	local cm_base_file="${checkmetrics_config_dir}/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml"
+	local cm_base_file="${checkmetrics_config_dir}/checkmetrics-json-${KATA_HYPERVISOR}-kata-metric8.toml"
 	checkmetrics --debug --percentage --basefile "${cm_base_file}" --metricsdir "${results_dir}"
 	cm_result=$?
 	if [ "${cm_result}" != 0 ]; then
@@ -112,9 +113,7 @@ function run_test_launchtimes() {
 	create_symbolic_links
 	bash tests/metrics/time/launch_times.sh -i public.ecr.aws/ubuntu/ubuntu:latest -n 20
 
-	if [ "${hypervisor}" = "clh" ]; then
-		check_metrics
-	fi
+	check_metrics "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}"
 }
 
 function run_test_memory_usage() {