diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml
index 0de2665dc974..ba4c3de7b44e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build-asset:
-    runs-on: ppc64le
+    runs-on: power
     strategy:
       matrix:
         asset:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 71fc7ec56418..ded8ce3d3daa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,25 @@ jobs:
       target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
     secrets: inherit
 
+  build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml
+    with:
+      tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
+      commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+      target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+
+  publish-kata-deploy-payload-ppc64le:
+    needs: build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload-ppc64le.yaml
+    with:
+      tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
+      registry: ghcr.io
+      repo: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/kata-deploy-ci
+      tag: ${{ inputs.tag }}-ppc64le
+      commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+      target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+    secrets: inherit
+
   build-and-publish-tee-confidential-unencrypted-image:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -183,3 +202,11 @@ jobs:
       tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
       commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
       target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+
+  run-cri-containerd-tests-ppc64le:
+    needs: build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-ppc64le.yaml
+    with:
+      tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
+      commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+      target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload-ppc64le.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload-ppc64le.yaml
index 555f70145c69..5708095e53db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload-ppc64le.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload-ppc64le.yaml
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ jobs:
   kata-payload:
     runs-on: ppc64le
     steps:
-      - name: Adjust a permission for repo
-        run: |
-          sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+      # - name: Adjust a permission for repo
+      #   run: |
+      #     sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-ppc64le.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-ppc64le.yaml
index c0476178230d..c32865dc5de6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-ppc64le.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-ppc64le.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
   kata-deploy:
     needs: build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le
-    runs-on: ppc64le
+    runs-on: power
     steps:
       - name: Login to Kata Containers docker.io
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-ppc64le.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-ppc64le.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..883d8c3e5580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests-ppc64le.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name: CI | Run cri-containerd tests on ppc64le
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      tarball-suffix:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      commit-hash:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      target-branch:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+
+jobs:
+  run-cri-containerd:
+    strategy:
+      # We can set this to true whenever we're 100% sure that
+      # the all the tests are not flaky, otherwise we'll fail
+      # all the tests due to a single flaky instance
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        containerd_version: ['active']
+        vmm: ['qemu']
+    runs-on: power
+    env:
+      CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}
+      GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
+      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Adjust a permission for repo
+        run: |
+          sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
+        run: |
+          ./tests/git-helper.sh "rebase-atop-of-the-latest-target-branch"
+        env:
+          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
+
+      - name: get-kata-tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: kata-static-tarball-ppc64le${{ inputs.tarball-suffix }}
+          path: kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Install kata
+        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh install-kata kata-artifacts
+
+      - name: Run cri-containerd tests
+        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh run