diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-aks.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-aks.yaml
index c7b2f90811..23439e3f1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-aks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-aks.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ jobs:
           - clh
           - dragonball
           - qemu
+        instance-type:
+          - small
+          - normal
         include:
           - host_os: cbl-mariner
             vmm: clh
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
       KUBERNETES: "vanilla"
       USING_NFD: "false"
+      K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: ${{ matrix.instance-type }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-garm.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-garm.yaml
index 3fdb8302d6..1fd4b00ee1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-garm.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-garm.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,15 @@ jobs:
           - devmapper
         k8s:
           - k3s
-    runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2004-smaller
+        instance:
+          - garm-ubuntu-2004
+          - garm-ubuntu-2004-smaller
+        include:
+          - instance: garm-ubuntu-2004
+            instance-type: normal
+          - instance: garm-ubuntu-2004-smaller
+            instance-type: small
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.instance }}
     env:
       DOCKER_REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.registry }}
       DOCKER_REPO: ${{ inputs.repo }}
@@ -45,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       KUBERNETES: ${{ matrix.k8s }}
       SNAPSHOTTER: ${{ matrix.snapshotter }}
       USING_NFD: "false"
+      K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: ${{ matrix.instance-type }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-sev.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-sev.yaml
index df105974a7..a720e24869 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-sev.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-sev.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       KUBECONFIG: /home/kata/.kube/config
       KUBERNETES: "vanilla"
       USING_NFD: "false"
+      K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: "baremetal"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-snp.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-snp.yaml
index 80e146795a..33ae57d3a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-snp.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-snp.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       KUBECONFIG: /home/kata/.kube/config
       KUBERNETES: "vanilla"
       USING_NFD: "false"
+      K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: "baremetal"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-tdx.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-tdx.yaml
index f9b14bc9d0..940fd0a396 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-tdx.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-tdx.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
       KUBERNETES: "k3s"
       USING_NFD: "true"
+      K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE: "baremetal"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
diff --git a/tests/gha-run-k8s-common.sh b/tests/gha-run-k8s-common.sh
index 40a0903b9b..fd9b981090 100644
--- a/tests/gha-run-k8s-common.sh
+++ b/tests/gha-run-k8s-common.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ tests_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 source "${tests_dir}/common.bash"
 
 AZ_RG="${AZ_RG:-kataCI}"
+K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE="${K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE:-small}"
 
 function _print_cluster_name() {
     test_type="${1:-k8s}"
@@ -40,10 +41,20 @@ function create_cluster() {
     # First, ensure that the cluster didn't fail to get cleaned up from a previous run.
     delete_cluster "${test_type}" || true
 
+    local instance_type=""
+    case ${K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE} in
+	    small)
+		    instance_type="Standard_D2s_v5"
+		    ;;
+	    normal)
+		    instance_type="Standard_D4s_v5"
+		    ;;
+    esac
+
     az aks create \
         -g "${AZ_RG}" \
         -n "$(_print_cluster_name ${test_type})" \
-        -s "Standard_D2s_v5" \
+        -s "${instance_type}" \
         --node-count 1 \
         --generate-ssh-keys \
         $([ "${KATA_HOST_OS}" = "cbl-mariner" ] && echo "--os-sku AzureLinux --workload-runtime KataMshvVmIsolation")
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
index c53583aff0..1cb11c4569 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ function cleanup() {
 
 function main() {
     export KATA_HOST_OS="${KATA_HOST_OS:-}"
+    export K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE="${K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE:-}"
 
     action="${1:-}"
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
index aff825b47b..0d4c40cfa6 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ source "${kubernetes_dir}/../../common.bash"
 TARGET_ARCH="${TARGET_ARCH:-x86_64}"
 KATA_HYPERVISOR="${KATA_HYPERVISOR:-qemu}"
 K8S_TEST_DEBUG="${K8S_TEST_DEBUG:-false}"
+K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE="${K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE:-small}"
 
 if [ -n "${K8S_TEST_UNION:-}" ]; then
 	K8S_TEST_UNION=($K8S_TEST_UNION)
 else
-	K8S_TEST_UNION=( \
+	K8S_TEST_SMALL_HOST_UNION=( \
 		"k8s-confidential.bats" \
 		"k8s-attach-handlers.bats" \
 		"k8s-caps.bats" \
@@ -53,6 +54,29 @@ else
 		"k8s-volume.bats" \
 		"k8s-nginx-connectivity.bats" \
 	)
+
+	K8S_TEST_NORMAL_HOST_UNION=( \
+		"k8s-number-cpus.bats" \
+		"k8s-parallel.bats" \
+		"k8s-scale-nginx.bats" \
+	)
+
+	case ${K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE} in
+		small)
+			K8S_TEST_UNION=($K8S_TEST_SMALL_HOST_UNION)
+			;;
+		normal)
+			K8S_TEST_UNION=($K8S_TEST_NORMAL_HOST_UNION)
+			;;
+		baremetal)
+			K8S_TEST_UNION=(${K8S_TEST_SMALL_HOST_UNION[@]} ${K8S_TEST_NORMAL_HOST_UNION[@]})
+
+			;;
+		*)
+			echo "${K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE} is an invalid K8S_TEST_HOST_TYPE option. Valid options are: small | normal | baremetal"
+			return 1
+			;;
+	esac
 fi
 
 # we may need to skip a few test cases when running on non-x86_64 arch