diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8f5804049e..55e78274c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -153,14 +153,17 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         pyver: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
-        os: [ubuntu]
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
         experimental: [false]
         include:
-          - os: ubuntu
+          - os: "ubuntu-latest"
             pyver: "3.14t"
             experimental: false
+          - os: "ubuntu-24.04-arm"
+            pyver: "3.14"
+            experimental: false
       fail-fast: true
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
     permissions:
       contents: read  # For checkout
@@ -179,12 +182,12 @@ jobs:
           allow-prereleases: true
           python-version: ${{ matrix.pyver }}
       - name: Install dependency for pyaudio (Ubuntu)
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu'
+        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y portaudio19-dev
       - name: Install dependency for pyaudio (macOS)
-        if: matrix.os == 'macos'
+        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos')
         run: brew install portaudio
       - name: Remove git LFS to avoid accidental large downloads
         run: sudo rm -f /usr/bin/git-lfs
diff --git a/dimos/conftest.py b/dimos/conftest.py
index 35804c8f62..a5fcbef66b 100644
--- a/dimos/conftest.py
+++ b/dimos/conftest.py
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ def _is_macos() -> bool:
     return platform.system() == "Darwin"
 
 
+def _no_sqlite_vec() -> bool:
+    # The aarch64 wheel ships a 32-bit binary ("wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32"),
+    # and the macOS wheel fails to load via sqlite3 in CI.
+    return platform.machine() == "aarch64" or _is_macos()
+
+
 def pytest_configure(config):
     config.addinivalue_line("markers", "tool: dev tooling")
     config.addinivalue_line(
@@ -92,6 +98,9 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
     config.addinivalue_line("markers", "skipif_no_ros: skip when ROS dependencies are not present")
     config.addinivalue_line("markers", "skipif_macos_bug: skip known-buggy tests on macOS")
     config.addinivalue_line("markers", "skipif_macos: skip tests not intended to run on macOS")
+    config.addinivalue_line(
+        "markers", "skipif_no_sqlite_vec: skip when the sqlite-vec extension cannot be loaded"
+    )
 
     if config.pluginmanager.hasplugin("_cov"):
         os.environ["COVERAGE_PROCESS_START"] = str(config.rootpath / "pyproject.toml")
@@ -124,6 +133,7 @@ def pytest_collection_modifyitems(config, items):
         "skipif_no_ros": (not _has_ros(), "ROS dependencies are not present"),
         "skipif_macos_bug": (_is_macos(), "Some tests are buggy on Mac OS"),
         "skipif_macos": (_is_macos(), "Not intended to run on macOS"),
+        "skipif_no_sqlite_vec": (_no_sqlite_vec(), "sqlite-vec extension not loadable here"),
     }
     for marker_name, (condition, reason) in _skipif_markers.items():
         if condition:
diff --git a/dimos/memory2/conftest.py b/dimos/memory2/conftest.py
index 1417658333..90f96cbd50 100644
--- a/dimos/memory2/conftest.py
+++ b/dimos/memory2/conftest.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import platform
 import sqlite3
 import tempfile
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@
 from dimos.memory2.store.sqlite import SqliteStore
 from dimos.models.embedding.clip import CLIPModel
 
+# sqlite-vec fails to load on Linux ARM (32-bit binary in the aarch64 wheel)
+# and on macOS in CI.
+_SKIP_SQLITE_VEC = platform.machine() == "aarch64" or platform.system() == "Darwin"
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterator
     from pathlib import Path
@@ -55,6 +60,8 @@ def memory_session(memory_store: MemoryStore) -> Iterator[MemoryStore]:
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def sqlite_store() -> Iterator[SqliteStore]:
+    if _SKIP_SQLITE_VEC:
+        pytest.skip("sqlite-vec extension not loadable here")
     with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".db") as f:
         store = SqliteStore(path=f.name)
         with store:
diff --git a/dimos/memory2/test_registry.py b/dimos/memory2/test_registry.py
index 7c1b20239e..e1b6c203d6 100644
--- a/dimos/memory2/test_registry.py
+++ b/dimos/memory2/test_registry.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def test_qual_notifier(self) -> None:
         assert qual(SubjectNotifier) == "dimos.memory2.notifier.subject.SubjectNotifier"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif_no_sqlite_vec
 class TestRegistryStore:
     def test_put_get_round_trip(self, tmp_path) -> None:
         from dimos.memory2.utils.sqlite import open_sqlite_connection
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ def test_sqlite_blob_store_config(self) -> None:
         restored = SqliteBlobStoreConfig(**dumped)
         assert restored.path == "/tmp/test.db"
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif_no_sqlite_vec
     def test_sqlite_blob_store_roundtrip(self, tmp_path) -> None:
         store = SqliteBlobStore(path=str(tmp_path / "blob.db"))
         data = store.serialize()
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ def test_sqlite_vector_store_config(self) -> None:
         restored = SqliteVectorStoreConfig(**dumped)
         assert restored.path == "/tmp/vec.db"
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif_no_sqlite_vec
     def test_sqlite_vector_store_roundtrip(self, tmp_path) -> None:
         store = SqliteVectorStore(path=str(tmp_path / "vec.db"))
         data = store.serialize()
@@ -166,6 +169,7 @@ def test_backend_serialize(self, tmp_path) -> None:
         assert data["notifier"]["class"] == qual(SubjectNotifier)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif_no_sqlite_vec
 class TestStoreReopen:
     def test_reopen_preserves_data(self, tmp_path) -> None:
         """Create a store, write data, close, reopen, read back."""
diff --git a/dimos/memory2/test_store.py b/dimos/memory2/test_store.py
index 5b6d146364..04d0dcc959 100644
--- a/dimos/memory2/test_store.py
+++ b/dimos/memory2/test_store.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import platform
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 import pytest
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@
 from dimos.memory2.blobstore.base import BlobStore
 from dimos.memory2.vectorstore.base import VectorStore
 
+_SKIP_SQLITE_VEC = platform.machine() == "aarch64" or platform.system() == "Darwin"
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from dimos.memory2.store.base import Store
 
@@ -343,6 +346,8 @@ def memory_spy_session():
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def sqlite_spy_session(tmp_path):
+    if _SKIP_SQLITE_VEC:
+        pytest.skip("sqlite-vec extension not loadable here")
     from dimos.memory2.store.sqlite import SqliteStore
 
     blob_spy = SpyBlobStore()
@@ -417,6 +422,7 @@ def _emb(v: list[float]) -> Embedding:
         assert results[0].data == "north"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif_no_sqlite_vec
 class TestStandaloneComponents:
     """Verify each SQLite component works standalone with path= (no Store needed)."""