diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 68c85478962b..77a38eb193fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ on:
       matrix:
         required: true
         type: string
-      runner:
+      runnersByArch:
         type: string
-        required: true
+        required: false
+        default: '{"amd64": "ubuntu-latest", "arm64": "ubuntu-latest-arm64-kong"}'
 permissions:
   contents: read
 env:
-  CI_TOOLS_DIR: ${{ contains(inputs.runner, '-kong') && '/work/kuma/kuma/.ci_tools' || '/home/runner/work/kuma/kuma/.ci_tools' }}
+  CI_TOOLS_DIR: ${{ contains(fromJSON(inputs.runnersByArch)[fromJSON(inputs.matrix).arch], '-kong') && '/work/kuma/kuma/.ci_tools' || '/home/runner/work/kuma/kuma/.ci_tools' }}
   E2E_PARAM_K8S_VERSION: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.matrix).k8sVersion }}
   E2E_PARAM_CNI_NETWORK_PLUGIN: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.matrix).cniNetworkPlugin }}
   E2E_PARAM_ARCH: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.matrix).arch }}
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@ jobs:
   e2e:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     # can't use env vars here
-    runs-on: ${{ inputs.runner }}
-    if: ${{ inputs.runner != '' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.runnersByArch)[fromJSON(inputs.matrix).arch] }}
+    if: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.runnersByArch)[fromJSON(inputs.matrix).arch] != '' }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: