diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic-ci-s390x.yaml b/.github/workflows/basic-ci-s390x.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad283db6e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic-ci-s390x.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+name: CI | Basic s390x tests
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      tarball-suffix:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      commit-hash:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      target-branch:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+
+jobs:
+  run-cri-containerd:
+    strategy:
+      # We can set this to true whenever we're 100% sure that
+      # the all the tests are not flaky, otherwise we'll fail
+      # all the tests due to a single flaky instance
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        containerd_version: ['active']
+        vmm: ['qemu', 'qemu-runtime-rs']
+    runs-on: s390x-large
+    env:
+      CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}
+      GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
+      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
+        run: |
+          ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"
+        env:
+          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
+
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: kata-static-tarball-s390x${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Run cri-containerd tests
+        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh run
+
+  run-containerd-sandboxapi:
+    strategy:
+      # We can set this to true whenever we're 100% sure that
+      # the all the tests are not flaky, otherwise we'll fail
+      # all the tests due to a single flaky instance.
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        containerd_version: ['active']
+        vmm: ['qemu-runtime-rs']
+    runs-on: s390x-large
+    env:
+      CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}
+      GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
+      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+      SANDBOXER: "shim"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
+        run: |
+          ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"
+        env:
+          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
+
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: kata-static-tarball-s390x${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Run containerd-sandboxapi tests
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh run
+
+  run-containerd-stability:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        containerd_version: ['lts', 'active']
+        vmm: ['qemu']
+    runs-on: s390x-large
+    env:
+      CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}
+      GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
+      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+      SANDBOXER: "podsandbox"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
+        run: |
+          ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"
+        env:
+          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bash tests/stability/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
+
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: kata-static-tarball-s390x${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/stability/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Run containerd-stability tests
+        timeout-minutes: 15
+        run: bash tests/stability/gha-run.sh run
+
+  run-docker-tests:
+    strategy:
+      # We can set this to true whenever we're 100% sure that
+      # all the tests are not flaky, otherwise we'll fail them
+      # all due to a single flaky instance.
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        vmm: ['qemu']
+    runs-on: s390x-large
+    env:
+      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
+        run: |
+          ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"
+        env:
+          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bash tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
+
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: kata-static-tarball-s390x${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Run docker smoke test
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+        run: bash tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh run
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index db942d8a36..f32c712997 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -326,10 +326,10 @@ jobs:
       commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
       target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
-  run-cri-containerd-tests-s390x:
+  run-basic-s390x-tests:
     if: ${{ inputs.skip-test != 'yes' }}
     needs: build-kata-static-tarball-s390x
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-s390x.yaml
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/basic-ci-s390x.yaml
     with:
       tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
       commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-s390x.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-s390x.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a8f70bbbb..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-s390x.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-name: CI | Run cri-containerd tests
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      tarball-suffix:
-        required: false
-        type: string
-      commit-hash:
-        required: false
-        type: string
-      target-branch:
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: ""
-
-jobs:
-  run-cri-containerd:
-    strategy:
-      # We can set this to true whenever we're 100% sure that
-      # the all the tests are not flaky, otherwise we'll fail
-      # all the tests due to a single flaky instance
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        containerd_version: ['active']
-        vmm: ['qemu', 'qemu-runtime-rs']
-    runs-on: s390x-large
-    env:
-      CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}
-      GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
-      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
-        run: |
-          ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"
-        env:
-          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
-
-      - name: get-kata-tarball
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: kata-static-tarball-s390x${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
-          path: kata-artifacts
-
-      - name: Install kata
-        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
-
-      - name: Run cri-containerd tests
-        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh run
diff --git a/tools/testing/gatekeeper/required-tests.yaml b/tools/testing/gatekeeper/required-tests.yaml
index 5d5133a359..4c5b86902d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/gatekeeper/required-tests.yaml
+++ b/tools/testing/gatekeeper/required-tests.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ mapping:
       - Kata Containers CI / kata-containers-ci-on-push / run-basic-amd64-tests / run-nydus (lts, dragonball)
       - Kata Containers CI / kata-containers-ci-on-push / run-basic-amd64-tests / run-nydus (lts, qemu)
       - Kata Containers CI / kata-containers-ci-on-push / run-basic-amd64-tests / run-nydus (lts, stratovirt)
-      - Kata Containers CI / kata-containers-ci-on-push / run-cri-containerd-tests-s390x / run-cri-containerd (active, qemu)
+      - Kata Containers CI / kata-containers-ci-on-push / run-basic-s390x-tests / run-cri-containerd (active, qemu)
+      - Kata Containers CI / kata-containers-ci-on-push / run-kata-coco-tests / run-k8s-tests-coco-nontee (qemu-coco-dev, nydus, guest-pull)
       - Kata Containers CI / kata-containers-ci-on-push / run-k8s-tests-on-arm64 / run-k8s-tests-on-arm64 (qemu, kubeadm)
       - Kata Containers CI / kata-containers-ci-on-push / run-k8s-tests-on-aks / run-k8s-tests (cbl-mariner, clh, normal, yes)
       - Kata Containers CI / kata-containers-ci-on-push / run-k8s-tests-on-aks / run-k8s-tests (cbl-mariner, clh, small, containerd, yes)