diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 02b6dda2597c..da1b68d16020 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       tarball-suffix: -${{ inputs.tag }}
       registry: ghcr.io
-      repo: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/kata-deploy-ci
+      repo: amulyam24/kata-deploy-ci
       tag: ${{ inputs.tag }}-ppc64le
       commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
       target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
@@ -202,6 +202,17 @@ jobs:
       commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
       pr-number: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
       target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+      
+  run-k8s-tests-on-ppc64le:
+    needs: publish-kata-deploy-payload-ppc64le
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-ppc64le.yaml
+    with:
+      registry: ghcr.io
+      repo: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/kata-deploy-ci
+      tag: ${{ inputs.tag }}-ppc64le
+      commit-hash: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
+      pr-number: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
+      target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
 
   run-metrics-tests:
     needs: build-kata-static-tarball-amd64
@@ -226,7 +237,7 @@ 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
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload-ppc64le.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload-ppc64le.yaml
index db03a0e6da58..37e470bbcbd8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload-ppc64le.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-kata-deploy-payload-ppc64le.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
           fetch-depth: 0
+      
+      - name: Prepare the self-hosted runner
+        run: ${HOME}/scripts/prepare_runner.sh
 
       - name: Rebase atop of the latest target branch
         run: |
@@ -67,4 +70,4 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./tools/packaging/kata-deploy/local-build/kata-deploy-build-and-upload-payload.sh \
           $(pwd)/kata-static.tar.xz \
-          ${{ inputs.registry }}/${{ inputs.repo }} ${{ inputs.tag }}
+          ghcr.io/amulyam24/kata-deploy-ci ${{ inputs.tag }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-ppc64le.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-ppc64le.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7628064b7b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-ppc64le.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+name: CI | Run kubernetes tests on Power(ppc64le)
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      registry:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      repo:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      tag:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      pr-number:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      commit-hash:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      target-branch:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+
+jobs:
+  run-k8s-tests:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        vmm:
+          - qemu
+        k8s:
+          - kubeadm
+    runs-on: ppc64le
+    env:
+      DOCKER_REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.registry }}
+      DOCKER_REPO: amulyam24
+      DOCKER_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+      PR_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.pr-number }}
+      KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
+      KUBERNETES: ${{ matrix.k8s }}
+      USING_NFD: "false"
+      TARGET_ARCH: "ppc64le"
+    steps:
+      - name: Prepare the self-hosted runner
+        run: | 
+          bash ${HOME}/scripts/prepare_runner.sh
+          sudo rm -rf $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/*
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        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 golang
+        run: |
+          ./tests/install_go.sh -f -p
+          echo "/usr/local/go/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+      - name: Prepare the runner for k8s cluster creation
+        run: bash ${HOME}/scripts/k8s_cluster_cleanup.sh
+    
+      - name: Create k8s cluster using kubeadm
+        run: bash ${HOME}/scripts/k8s_cluster_create.sh
+        
+      - name: Deploy Kata
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh deploy-kata-kubeadm
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        timeout-minutes: 30
+        run: bash tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh run-tests
+
+      - name: Delete cluster
+        run: bash ${HOME}/scripts/k8s_cluster_cleanup.sh
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
index 717744aa5c9b..83dceb35daf9 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/gha-run.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ source "${kubernetes_dir}/../../gha-run-k8s-common.sh"
 tools_dir="${repo_root_dir}/tools"
 
 DOCKER_REGISTRY=${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-quay.io}
-DOCKER_REPO=${DOCKER_REPO:-kata-containers/kata-deploy-ci}
+DOCKER_REPO="amulyam24/kata-deploy-ci"
 DOCKER_TAG=${DOCKER_TAG:-kata-containers-latest}
 KATA_DEPLOY_WAIT_TIMEOUT=${KATA_DEPLOY_WAIT_TIMEOUT:-10m}
 KATA_HYPERVISOR=${KATA_HYPERVISOR:-qemu}
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ function main() {
 		deploy-kata-tdx) deploy_kata "tdx" ;;
 		deploy-kata-garm) deploy_kata "garm" ;;
 		deploy-kata-zvsi) deploy_kata "zvsi" ;;
+		deploy-kata-kubeadm) deploy_kata "kubeadm" ;;
 		run-tests) run_tests ;;
 		run-tests-kcli) run_tests "kcli" ;;
 		cleanup-kcli) cleanup "kcli" ;;