diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 770cf9c6d..9100313ec 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
 	github.com/jsimonetti/rtnetlink v1.4.2
 	github.com/kellerza/template v0.0.6
-	github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.3.1
+	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.7
 	github.com/mackerelio/go-osstat v0.2.5
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1df50dfdd..6d1272cb8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -813,8 +813,8 @@ github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.8 h1:YcnTYrq7MikUT7k0Yb5eceMmALQPYBW/Xltxn0N
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.8/go.mod h1:Di0epgTjJY877eYKx5yC51cX2A2Vl2ibi7bDH9ttBbw=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v0.0.0-20180405133222-e7e905edc00e/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
-github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.3.1 h1:5JNjFYYQrZeKRJ0734q51WCEEn2huer72Dc7K+R/b6s=
-github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:bYW4mA6ZgKPob1/Dlai2LviZJO7KGI3uoWLd42rAQw4=
+github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.7 h1:ZWSB3igEs+d0qvnxR/ZBzXVmxkgt8DdzP6m9pfuVLDM=
+github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.7/go.mod h1:Lcz8mBdAVJIBVzewtcLocK12l3Y+JytZYpaMropDUws=
 github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.6 h1:8RXeL5crjEUFnR2/Sn6GJNWtSQ3Dk8pq4CL3jvdDyjU=
 github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.6/go.mod h1:Ch1tH69qFZu15pkjo5kYi6mth2Zzwzt50oCQKQE9RUs=
 github.com/konsorten/go-windows-terminal-sequences v1.0.1/go.mod h1:T0+1ngSBFLxvqU3pZ+m/2kptfBszLMUkC4ZK/EgS/cQ=
diff --git a/nodes/default_node.go b/nodes/default_node.go
index 1a30e32e8..d8e267f36 100644
--- a/nodes/default_node.go
+++ b/nodes/default_node.go
@@ -93,22 +93,27 @@ func (d *DefaultNode) CheckDeploymentConditions(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	err = d.OverwriteNode.VerifyStartupConfig(d.Cfg.LabDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	err = d.OverwriteNode.CheckInterfaceName()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	err = d.OverwriteNode.VerifyLicenseFileExists(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	err = d.OverwriteNode.PullImage(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -153,8 +158,8 @@ func (d *DefaultNode) Deploy(ctx context.Context, _ *DeployParams) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// getNsPath retrieve the nodes nspath.
-func (d *DefaultNode) getNsPath(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+// getNSPath retrieves the nodes nspath.
+func (d *DefaultNode) getNSPath(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	var err error
 	nsp := ""
 
@@ -333,7 +338,7 @@ func (d *DefaultNode) GenerateConfig(dst, templ string) error {
 	return f.Close()
 }
 
-// NodeOverwrites is an interface that every node implementation implements.
+// NodeOverwrites is an interface that every node implements.
 // It is used to enable DefaultNode to get access to the particular node structs
 // and is provided as an argument of the NewDefaultNode function.
 // The methods defined for this interfaces are the methods that particular node has a custom
@@ -489,7 +494,7 @@ func (d *DefaultNode) LoadOrGenerateCertificate(certInfra *cert.Cert, topoName s
 
 func (d *DefaultNode) AddLinkToContainer(ctx context.Context, link netlink.Link, f func(ns.NetNS) error) error {
 	// retrieve nodes nspath
-	nsp, err := d.getNsPath(ctx)
+	nsp, err := d.getNSPath(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -513,7 +518,7 @@ func (d *DefaultNode) AddLinkToContainer(ctx context.Context, link netlink.Link,
 // ExecFunction executes the given function in the nodes network namespace.
 func (d *DefaultNode) ExecFunction(ctx context.Context, f func(ns.NetNS) error) error {
 	// retrieve nodes nspath
-	nspath, err := d.getNsPath(ctx)
+	nspath, err := d.getNSPath(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/types/host_requirements.go b/types/host_requirements.go
index ebab99e94..6151c2295 100644
--- a/types/host_requirements.go
+++ b/types/host_requirements.go
@@ -35,14 +35,15 @@ func NewHostRequirements() *HostRequirements {
 	}
 }
 
+// Verify runs verification checks against the host requirements set for a node.
 func (h *HostRequirements) Verify(kindName, nodeName string) error {
 	// check virtualization Support
 	if h.VirtRequired && !virt.VerifyVirtSupport() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("for node %q (%s) the CPU virtualization support is required, but not available", nodeName, kindName)
+		return fmt.Errorf("CPU virtualization support is required for node %q (%s)", nodeName, kindName)
 	}
-	// check SSSE3 support
-	if h.SSSE3 && !virt.VerifySSSE3Support() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("for node %q (%s) the SSSE3 CPU feature is required, but not available", nodeName, kindName)
+	// check SSSE3 support on amd64 arch only as it is an x86_64 instruction
+	if runtime.GOARCH == "amd64" && h.SSSE3 && !virt.VerifySSSE3Support() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("SSSE3 CPU feature is required for node %q (%s)", nodeName, kindName)
 	}
 	// check minimum vCPUs
 	if valid, num := h.verifyMinVCpu(); !valid {
diff --git a/virt/virt.go b/virt/virt.go
index c8b10e04f..d904def38 100644
--- a/virt/virt.go
+++ b/virt/virt.go
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/klauspost/cpuid"
+	"github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // VerifySSSE3Support check if SSSE3 is supported on the host.
 func VerifySSSE3Support() bool {
-	return cpuid.CPU.SSSE3()
+	return cpuid.CPU.Has(cpuid.SSSE3)
 }
 
 // VerifyVirtSupport checks if virtualization is supported by a cpu in case topology contains VM-based nodes