diff --git a/.github/workflows/vm-kernel.yaml b/.github/workflows/vm-kernel.yaml
index 53f12f617..ddc8de4da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vm-kernel.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vm-kernel.yaml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       VM_KERNEL_IMAGE: ${{format('neondatabase/vm-kernel-{0}', inputs.arch)}}
 
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, large ]
+    runs-on: ${{ fromJson(format('["self-hosted", "{0}"]', inputs.arch == 'arm64' && 'large-arm64' || 'large')) }}
     steps:
       - name: git checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4