diff --git a/.github/workflows/gotests.yml b/.github/workflows/gotests.yml
index b6b88aabc4f..a7375ff1dd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gotests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gotests.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-20.04, buildjet-2vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-20.04, actuated-arm64-4cpu-8gb ]
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        sudo apt-get install libelf-dev netcat-traditional libcap-dev gcc
+        sudo apt-get -y install libelf-dev netcat-traditional libcap-dev gcc
 
         sudo sed -i '/secure_path/d' /etc/sudoers
         sudo sed -i '/env_reset/d' /etc/sudoers
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install bpftool
       uses: mtardy/setup-bpftool@adeab4f9332cc28db56064a93911860d0775665b # v1.0.3
+      with:
+        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
     - name: Ensure BPF programs pass verifier
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yaml
index 9ef9dcd4bcb..d1fc5230891 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yaml
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 40
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-22.04, buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-22.04, actuated-arm64-4cpu-16gb ]
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Code
       uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
diff --git a/contrib/verify/verify.sh b/contrib/verify/verify.sh
index 156377034ad..d5858d191cb 100755
--- a/contrib/verify/verify.sh
+++ b/contrib/verify/verify.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ GREEN="\033[32m"
 NOCOLOR="\033[0m"
 TETRAGONDIR=/var/lib/tetragon
 DEBUG=0
+KERNEL=$(uname -r | cut -d. -f1,2) # retrieves major.minor, e.g. 5.19
 
 usage() {
 	echo "usage: verify.sh [-d] [TETRAGONDIR]"
@@ -42,28 +43,33 @@ STATUS=0
 for obj in "$TETRAGONDIR"/*.o; do
 	B=$(basename "$obj")
 
-    # Alignchecker is not a bpf program, so ignore it
+	# Alignchecker is not a bpf program, so ignore it
 	if [[ "$B" == bpf_alignchecker* ]]; then
 		continue
 	fi
 
-    # Globals is just for testing, so ignore it
+	# Globals is just for testing, so ignore it
 	if [[ "$B" == bpf_globals* ]]; then
 		continue
 	fi
 
-    # Generic tracepoint needs more complex userspace logic to load, so ignore it
+	# Generic tracepoint needs more complex userspace logic to load, so ignore it
 	if [[ "$B" == bpf_generic_tracepoint* ]]; then
 		continue
 	fi
 
-    # Multi kprobe support is still not widely around, skip the object
+	# Multi kprobe support is still not widely around, skip the object
 	if [[ "$B" == bpf_multi_* ]]; then
 		continue
 	fi
 
-    # skip v6.0 objects check, because it is still not widely around
-	if [[ "$B" == *61.o ]]; then
+	# Skip v6.1 objects check for kernel < 6.1
+	if [[ "$B" == *61.o && $(echo "$KERNEL < 6.1" | bc) == 1 ]]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	# Skip bpf_loader for kernel < 5.19
+	if [[ "$B" == bpf_loader* && $(echo "$KERNEL < 5.19" | bc) == 1 ]]; then
 		continue
 	fi