diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 285e2ecc5c..72f516343d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [publish-kata-deploy-payload-amd64, build-and-publish-tee-confidential-unencrypted-image]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/run-kata-coco-tests.yaml
     with:
+      tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
       registry: ghcr.io
       repo: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/kata-deploy-ci
       tag: ${{ inputs.tag }}-amd64
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-kata-coco-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-kata-coco-tests.yaml
index e76584a1af..2710641ed7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-kata-coco-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-kata-coco-tests.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: CI | Run kata coco tests
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      tarball-suffix:
+        required: false
+        type: string
       registry:
         required: true
         type: string
@@ -262,6 +265,7 @@ jobs:
       AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.AUTHENTICATED_IMAGE_PASSWORD }}
       SNAPSHOTTER: ${{ matrix.snapshotter }}
       USING_NFD: "false"
+      AUTO_GENERATE_POLICY: "yes"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -274,6 +278,15 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: kata-static-tarball-amd64${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kata-tools kata-artifacts
+
       - name: Download Azure CLI
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-azure-cli
 
@@ -315,7 +328,7 @@ jobs:
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-kbs-client
 
       - name: Run tests
-        timeout-minutes: 60
+        timeout-minutes: 80
         run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh run-tests
 
       - name: Delete AKS cluster
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh
index 4a0a69552b..6653322ccc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/tests_common.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ auto_generate_policy_enabled() {
 adapt_common_policy_settings_for_tdx() {
 	local settings_dir=$1
 
-	info "Adapting common policy settings for TDX or SNP"
+	info "Adapting common policy settings for TDX, SNP, or the non-TEE development environment"
 	jq '.common.cpath = "/run/kata-containers" | .volumes.configMap.mount_point = "^$(cpath)/$(bundle-id)-[a-z0-9]{16}-"' "${settings_dir}/genpolicy-settings.json" > temp.json && sudo mv temp.json "${settings_dir}/genpolicy-settings.json"
 }
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ adapt_common_policy_settings() {
 	local settings_dir=$1
 
 	case "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}" in
-  		"qemu-tdx"|"qemu-snp")
+  		"qemu-tdx"|"qemu-snp"|"qemu-coco-dev")
 			adapt_common_policy_settings_for_tdx "${settings_dir}"
 			;;
   		"qemu-sev")