diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
index f5b25ed978..f44144bd5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ jobs:
           ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
           RELEASE: ${{ inputs.stage == 'release' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
+          KBUILD_SIGN_PIN: ${{ secrets.KBUILD_SIGN_PIN }}
 
       - name: Parse OCI image name and digest
         id: parse-oci-segments
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ jobs:
           ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
           RELEASE: ${{ inputs.stage == 'release' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
+          KBUILD_SIGN_PIN: ${{ secrets.KBUILD_SIGN_PIN }}
 
       - name: store-artifact ${{ matrix.asset }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-devel.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-devel.yaml
index 333ea99660..c3b0daf2e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-devel.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-devel.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       CI_HKD_PATH: ${{ secrets.CI_HKD_PATH }}
       ITA_KEY: ${{ secrets.ITA_KEY }}
       QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD }}
+      NGC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NGC_API_KEY }}
 
   build-checks:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-checks.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 3c0ae59d6c..6419c6a4a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ on:
       QUAY_DEPLOYER_PASSWORD:
         required: true
 
+      NGC_API_KEY:
+        required: true
+
 permissions:
   contents: read
   id-token: write
@@ -323,6 +326,21 @@ jobs:
       pr-number: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
       target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
+  run-k8s-tests-on-nvidia-gpu:
+    if: ${{ inputs.skip-test != 'yes' }}
+    needs: publish-kata-deploy-payload-amd64
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-nvidia-gpu.yaml
+    with:
+      registry: ghcr.io
+      repo: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/kata-deploy-ci
+      tag: ${{ inputs.tag }}-amd64
+      commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+      pr-number: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
+      target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+    secrets:
+      NGC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NGC_API_KEY }}
+
+
   run-kata-coco-tests:
     if: ${{ inputs.skip-test != 'yes' }}
     needs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-nvidia-gpu.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-nvidia-gpu.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6e285a41b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-nvidia-gpu.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+name: CI | Run NVIDIA GPU kubernetes tests on arm64
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      registry:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      repo:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      tag:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      pr-number:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      commit-hash:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      target-branch:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+    secrets:
+      NGC_API_KEY:
+        required: true
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  run-nvidia-gpu-tests-on-amd64:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        vmm:
+          - qemu-nvidia-gpu
+        k8s:
+          - kubeadm
+    runs-on: amd64-nvidia-a100
+    env:
+      DOCKER_REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.registry }}
+      DOCKER_REPO: ${{ inputs.repo }}
+      DOCKER_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+      GH_PR_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
+      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+      KUBERNETES: ${{ matrix.k8s }}
+      USING_NFD: "false"
+      K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: all
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - 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: Deploy Kata
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata
+
+      - name: Install `bats`
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh install-bats
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh run-nv-tests
+        env:
+          NGC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NGC_API_KEY }}
+      - name: Collect artifacts ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+        if: always()
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh collect-artifacts
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Archive artifacts ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
+        with:
+          name: k8s-tests-${{ matrix.vmm }}-${{ matrix.k8s }}-${{ inputs.tag }}
+          path: /tmp/artifacts
+          retention-days: 1
+
+      - name: Delete kata-deploy
+        if: always()
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh cleanup