diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
index 6b44e79036..fef6056193 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         containerd_version: ['lts', 'active']
-        vmm: ['clh', 'dragonball', 'qemu', 'stratovirt', 'cloud-hypervisor']
+        vmm: ['clh', 'dragonball', 'qemu', 'stratovirt', 'cloud-hypervisor', 'qemu-runtime-rs']
     runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2204-smaller
     env:
       CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-s390x.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-s390x.yaml
index b01aa54df0..8b05196207 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-s390x.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-s390x.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         containerd_version: ['active']
-        vmm: ['qemu']
+        vmm: ['qemu', 'qemu-runtime-rs']
     runs-on: s390x
     env:
       CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}