diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index cd6f15259..287c54a7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -301,6 +301,16 @@ jobs:
       commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
       target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
+  run-cri-containerd-tests-arm64:
+    if: ${{ inputs.skip-test != 'yes' }}
+    needs: build-kata-static-tarball-s390x
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-arm64.yaml
+    with:
+      tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
+      commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+      target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+ 
+
   run-cri-containerd-tests-s390x:
     if: ${{ inputs.skip-test != 'yes' }}
     needs: build-kata-static-tarball-s390x
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-arm64.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-arm64.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a177b8180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-arm64.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+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']
+    runs-on: arm64-non-k8s
+    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: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
+
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: kata-static-tarball-arm64${{ 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