diff --git a/.github/workflows/staging-build-tar-arm64.yml b/.github/workflows/staging-build-tar-arm64.yml
index 5381033ed..1ff2e0b7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/staging-build-tar-arm64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/staging-build-tar-arm64.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   # schedule:
   #   - cron: '0 10 * * *'
   repository_dispatch:
-    types: [staging-build-tar]
+    types: [staging-build-tar-arm64]
 
 jobs:
   plugin-availability:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/staging-test-tar-arm64.yml b/.github/workflows/staging-test-tar-arm64.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cf3f810f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/staging-test-tar-arm64.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,287 @@
+name: Test ARM64 TAR Artifacts
+
+on:
+  # schedule:
+  #   - cron: '0 10 * * *'
+  repository_dispatch:
+    types: [staging-test-tar-arm64]
+
+
+jobs:
+  plugin-availability:
+    name: Check Plugin Availability
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+      - name: Required Packages
+        run: ./release-tools/scripts/required_packages.sh
+      - name: Run check_plugin scripts
+        run: ./release-tools/scripts/check_plugin.sh; exit `cat /tmp/plugin_status.check`
+
+
+  Provision-Runners:
+    name: Provision-Runners
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_EC2_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_EC2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: us-west-2
+      - name: AWS Cli Processing
+        run: |
+          #!/bin/bash
+          # Please add comma at the end of the RUNNERS strings
+          # Don't add space after commas
+          RUNNERS+="odfe-tar-ism-nosec-arm64,odfe-tar-alerting-nosec-arm64,odfe-tar-sql-nosec-arm64,odfe-tar-knn-nosec-arm64,odfe-tar-ad-nosec-arm64,"
+          RUNNERS+="odfe-tar-sql-arm64,odfe-tar-ad-arm64,odfe-tar-alerting-arm64"
+          release-tools/scripts/setup_runners.sh run $RUNNERS ${{ secrets.ODFE_RELEASE_BOT_PUBLIC_PRIVATE_READ_WRITE_TOKEN }} ami-055197d43e4ec7482
+
+
+
+  Test-ISM-NoSec:
+    needs: [Provision-Runners]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, ARM64, odfe-tar-ism-nosec-arm64]
+    name: Test-ISM-NoSec
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up AWS Cred
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Required Packages
+        run: ./release-tools/scripts/required_packages.sh
+      - name: Retrieve plugin tags
+        run:  echo "p_tag_ism=$(release-tools/scripts/plugin_tag.sh opendistro-for-elasticsearch/index-management)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Checkout ISM
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          repository: opendistro-for-elasticsearch/index-management
+          ref: ${{env.p_tag_ism}}
+      - name: Integration Test
+        run: |
+          ./release-tools/scripts/setup_runners_service.sh zip --es-nosec arm64
+          export PATH=$JAVA_HOME:$PATH; cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/../index-management; pwd
+          ./gradlew integTest -Dtests.rest.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.clustername=es-integrationtest
+
+  Test-Alerting-NoSec:
+    needs: [Provision-Runners]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, ARM64, odfe-tar-alerting-nosec-arm64]
+    name: Test-Alerting-NoSec
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up AWS Cred
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Required Packages
+        run: ./release-tools/scripts/required_packages.sh
+      - name: Retrieve plugin tags
+        run:  echo "p_tag_alerting=$(release-tools/scripts/plugin_tag.sh opendistro-for-elasticsearch/alerting)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Checkout Alerting
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          repository: opendistro-for-elasticsearch/alerting
+          ref: ${{env.p_tag_alerting}}
+      - name: Integration Test
+        run: |
+          ./release-tools/scripts/setup_runners_service.sh zip --es-nosec arm64
+          export PATH=$JAVA_HOME:$PATH; cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/../alerting/alerting; pwd
+          ../gradlew integTest -Dtests.rest.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.clustername=es-integrationtest
+
+  Test-SQL-NoSec:
+    needs: [Provision-Runners]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, ARM64, odfe-tar-sql-nosec-arm64]
+    name: Test-SQL-NoSec
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up AWS Cred
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Required Packages
+        run: ./release-tools/scripts/required_packages.sh
+      - name: Retrieve plugin tags
+        run:  echo "p_tag_sql=$(release-tools/scripts/plugin_tag.sh opendistro-for-elasticsearch/sql)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Checkout SQL
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          repository: opendistro-for-elasticsearch/sql
+          ref: ${{env.p_tag_sql}}
+      - name: Integration Test
+        run: |
+          ./release-tools/scripts/setup_runners_service.sh zip --es-nosec arm64
+          export PATH=$JAVA_HOME:$PATH; cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/../sql; pwd
+          ./gradlew integTest -Dtests.rest.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.clustername=es-integrationtest
+          
+  Test-KNN-NoSec:
+    needs: [Provision-Runners]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, ARM64, odfe-tar-knn-nosec-arm64]
+    name: Test-KNN-NoSec
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up AWS Cred
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Required Packages
+        run: ./release-tools/scripts/required_packages.sh
+      - name: Retrieve plugin tags
+        run:  echo "p_tag_knn=$(release-tools/scripts/plugin_tag.sh opendistro-for-elasticsearch/k-NN)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Checkout k-NN
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          repository: opendistro-for-elasticsearch/k-NN
+          ref: ${{env.p_tag_knn}}
+      - name: Integration Test
+        run: |
+          ./release-tools/scripts/setup_runners_service.sh zip --es-nosec arm64
+          export PATH=$JAVA_HOME:$PATH; cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/../k-NN; pwd
+          ./gradlew integTest -Dtests.rest.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.clustername=es-integrationtest
+          
+  Test-AD-NoSec:
+    needs: [Provision-Runners]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, ARM64, odfe-tar-ad-nosec-arm64]
+    name: Test-AD-NoSec
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up AWS Cred
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Required Packages
+        run: ./release-tools/scripts/required_packages.sh
+      - name: Retrieve plugin tags
+        run:  echo "p_tag_ad=$(release-tools/scripts/plugin_tag.sh opendistro-for-elasticsearch/anomaly-detection)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Checkout anomaly-detection
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          repository: opendistro-for-elasticsearch/anomaly-detection
+          ref: ${{env.p_tag_ad}}
+      - name: Integration Test
+        run: |
+          ./release-tools/scripts/setup_runners_service.sh zip --es-nosec arm64
+          export PATH=$JAVA_HOME:$PATH; cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/../anomaly-detection; pwd
+          ./gradlew integTest -Dtests.rest.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.clustername="es-integrationtest"
+
+  Test-SQL:
+    needs: [Provision-Runners]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, ARM64, odfe-tar-sql-arm64]
+    name: Test-SQL
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up AWS Cred
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Required Packages
+        run: ./release-tools/scripts/required_packages.sh
+      - name: Retrieve plugin tags
+        run:  echo "p_tag_sql=$(release-tools/scripts/plugin_tag.sh opendistro-for-elasticsearch/sql)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Checkout SQL
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          repository: opendistro-for-elasticsearch/sql
+          ref: ${{env.p_tag_sql}}
+      - name: Integration Test
+        run: |
+          ./release-tools/scripts/setup_runners_service.sh zip --es arm64
+          export PATH=$JAVA_HOME:$PATH; cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/../sql; pwd
+          ./gradlew integTest -Dtests.rest.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.clustername=es-integrationtest -Dhttps=true -Duser=admin -Dpassword=admin
+  
+  Test-AD:
+    needs: [Provision-Runners]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, ARM64, odfe-tar-ad-arm64]
+    name: Test-AD
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up AWS Cred
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Required Packages
+        run: ./release-tools/scripts/required_packages.sh
+      - name: Retrieve plugin tags
+        run:  echo "p_tag_ad=$(release-tools/scripts/plugin_tag.sh opendistro-for-elasticsearch/anomaly-detection)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Checkout anomaly-detection
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          repository: opendistro-for-elasticsearch/anomaly-detection
+          ref: ${{env.p_tag_ad}}
+      - name: Integration Test
+        run: |
+          ./release-tools/scripts/setup_runners_service.sh zip --es arm64
+          export PATH=$JAVA_HOME:$PATH; cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/../anomaly-detection; pwd
+          ./gradlew integTest -Dtests.rest.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.clustername="es-integrationtest" -Dhttps=true -Duser=admin -Dpassword=admin
+  
+  Test-ALERTING:
+    needs: [Provision-Runners]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, ARM64, odfe-tar-alerting-arm64]
+    name: Test-ALERTING
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Set up AWS Cred
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_STAGING_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+      - name: Required Packages
+        run: ./release-tools/scripts/required_packages.sh
+      - name: Retrieve plugin tags 
+        run:  echo "p_tag_alerting=$(release-tools/scripts/plugin_tag.sh opendistro-for-elasticsearch/alerting)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        with:
+          repository: opendistro-for-elasticsearch/alerting
+          ref: ${{env.p_tag_alerting}}
+      - name: Integration Test
+        run: |
+          ./release-tools/scripts/setup_runners_service.sh zip --es arm64
+          export PATH=$JAVA_HOME:$PATH; cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/../alerting/alerting; pwd
+          ls -ltr
+          ../gradlew integTest -Dtests.rest.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.cluster=localhost:9200 -Dtests.clustername=es-integrationtest -Dhttps=true -Duser=admin -Dpassword=admin -Dsecurity=true
+
+  CleanUp-Runners:
+    needs: [Test-ISM-NoSec, Test-ALERTING-NoSec, Test-SQL-NoSec, Test-KNN-NoSec, Test-AD-NoSec, Test-SQL, Test-AD, Test-ALERTING]
+    if: always()
+    name: CleanUp-Runners
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_EC2_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_EC2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: us-west-2
+      - name: AWS Cli Processing
+        run: |
+          #!/bin/bash
+          # Please add comma at the end of the RUNNERS strings
+          # Don't add space after commas
+          RUNNERS+="odfe-tar-ism-nosec-arm64,odfe-tar-alerting-nosec-arm64,odfe-tar-sql-nosec-arm64,odfe-tar-knn-nosec-arm64,odfe-tar-ad-nosec-arm64,"
+          RUNNERS+="odfe-tar-sql-arm64,odfe-tar-ad-arm64,odfe-tar-alerting-arm64"
+          release-tools/scripts/setup_runners.sh terminate $RUNNERS ${{ secrets.ODFE_RELEASE_BOT_PUBLIC_PRIVATE_READ_WRITE_TOKEN }}  
diff --git a/release-tools/scripts/manifest.yml b/release-tools/scripts/manifest.yml
index f7706c6ef..e59bc1ac0 100644
--- a/release-tools/scripts/manifest.yml
+++ b/release-tools/scripts/manifest.yml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ plugins:
     plugin_build: 
     plugin_spec: [noplatform_noarch_zip,noplatform_noarch_deb,noplatform_noarch_rpm]
     plugin_category: elasticsearch-plugins
-    release_candidate: false
+    release_candidate: true
     plugin_location_staging: [default: "s3://staging.artifacts.opendistroforelasticsearch.amazon.com/snapshots/elasticsearch-plugins/asynchronous-search/"]
     plugin_location_prod: [noplatform_noarch_zip: "s3://artifacts.opendistroforelasticsearch.amazon.com/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins/opendistro-asynchronous-search/",
                            noplatform_noarch_deb: "s3://artifacts.opendistroforelasticsearch.amazon.com/downloads/debs/opendistro-asynchronous-search/",
diff --git a/release-tools/scripts/setup_runners_service.sh b/release-tools/scripts/setup_runners_service.sh
index 1ddac498d..b96921223 100755
--- a/release-tools/scripts/setup_runners_service.sh
+++ b/release-tools/scripts/setup_runners_service.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
 #
 # About:         Setup ES/KIBANA for integTests on *NIX based ODFE distros w/wo Security
 #
-# Usage:         ./setup_runners_service.sh $SETUP_DISTRO $SETUP_ACTION
+# Usage:         ./setup_runners_service.sh $SETUP_DISTRO $SETUP_ACTION $ARCHITECTURE
 #                $SETUP_DISTRO: zip | docker | deb | rpm (required)
 #                $SETUP_ACTION: --es | --es-nosec | --kibana | --kibana-nosec (required)
+#                $ARCHITECTURE: arm64 (optional)
 #
 # Requirements:  This script assumes java 14 is already installed on the servers
 #
@@ -18,16 +19,17 @@
 ###############################################################################################
 
 # This script allows users to manually assign parameters
-if [ "$#" -ne 2 ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ]
+if [ "$#" -lt 2 ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ]
 then
-  echo "Please assign 2 parameters when running this script"
-  echo "Example: $0 \$SETUP_DISTRO \$SETUP_ACTION"
-  echo "Example: $0 \"zip | docker | deb | rpm\" \"--es | --es-nosec | --kibana | --kibana-nosec\""
+  echo "Please assign atleast 2 parameters when running this script"
+  echo "Example: $0 \$SETUP_DISTRO \$SETUP_ACTION \$ARCHITECTURE (optional)"
+  echo "Example: $0 \"zip | docker | deb | rpm\" \"--es | --es-nosec | --kibana | --kibana-nosec \" \"arm64 (optional)\""
   exit 1
 fi
 
 SETUP_DISTRO=$1
 SETUP_ACTION=$2
+ARCHITECTURE="x64"; if [ ! -z "$3" ]; then ARCHITECTURE=$3; fi; echo ARCHITECTURE $ARCHITECTURE
 SETUP_PACKAGES="python3 git unzip wget jq"
 
 echo "install required packages"
@@ -72,8 +74,8 @@ sudo chmod -R 777 /dev/shm
 if [ "$SETUP_DISTRO" = "zip" ]
 then
   mkdir -p $ES_ROOT
-  aws s3 cp s3://$S3_RELEASE_BUCKET/${PLUGIN_PATH}${OD_VERSION}/odfe/$ES_PACKAGE_NAME.tar.gz . --quiet; echo $?
-  tar -zxf $ES_PACKAGE_NAME.tar.gz -C $ES_ROOT --strip-components 1
+  aws s3 cp s3://$S3_RELEASE_BUCKET/${PLUGIN_PATH}${OD_VERSION}/odfe/$ES_PACKAGE_NAME-linux-$ARCHITECTURE.tar.gz . --quiet; echo $?
+  tar -zxf $ES_PACKAGE_NAME-linux-$ARCHITECTURE.tar.gz -C $ES_ROOT --strip-components 1
 fi
 
 if [ "$SETUP_DISTRO" = "docker" ]
@@ -226,8 +228,8 @@ then
   if [ "$SETUP_DISTRO" = "zip" ]
   then
     mkdir -p $KIBANA_ROOT
-    aws s3 cp s3://$S3_RELEASE_BUCKET/${PLUGIN_PATH}${OD_VERSION}/odfe/$KIBANA_PACKAGE_NAME-$OD_VERSION.tar.gz . --quiet; echo $?
-    tar -zxf $KIBANA_PACKAGE_NAME-$OD_VERSION.tar.gz -C $KIBANA_ROOT --strip-components 1
+    aws s3 cp s3://$S3_RELEASE_BUCKET/${PLUGIN_PATH}${OD_VERSION}/odfe/$KIBANA_PACKAGE_NAME-$OD_VERSION-linux-$ARCHITECTURE.tar.gz . --quiet; echo $?
+    tar -zxf $KIBANA_PACKAGE_NAME-$OD_VERSION-linux-$ARCHITECTURE.tar.gz -C $KIBANA_ROOT --strip-components 1
   elif [ "$SETUP_DISTRO" = "docker" ]
   then
     echo "FROM opendistroforelasticsearch/opendistroforelasticsearch-kibana:$OD_VERSION" >> Dockerfile.kibana