diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-aarchxx.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-aarchxx.yml
index 1a81f8d5d08..ebf87521306 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-aarchxx.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-aarchxx.yml
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # This job will run in parallel.
         include:
-          - os: ubuntu-20-arm64-pre-sve
+          - os: ah-ubuntu_20_04-c6g_4x-50
             sve: false
-          - os: ubuntu-20-arm64-sve
+          - os: ah-ubuntu_20_04-c7g_4x-50
             sve: true
             sve_length: 256
-          - os: ubuntu-20-arm64-sve
+          - os: ah-ubuntu_20_04-c7g_4x-50
             sve: true
             sve_length: 128
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -85,6 +85,30 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create build directory
         run: mkdir build
 
+      - name: Create build environment
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update && \
+          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+            build-essential \
+            doxygen \
+            git \
+            libunwind-dev \
+            libc6-dev \
+            openssh-client \
+            openssl \
+            python3 \
+            vera++ \
+            zlib1g-dev
+
+      - name: Set ptrace_scope to 0
+        run: |
+          echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
+
+      - name: Check current ptrace_scope
+        run: |
+          cat /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
+          if [[ `cat /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope` != "0" ]]; then echo "WARNING: ptrace_scope NOT SET TO 0"; fi
+
       - name: Setup cmake
         uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
         with: