diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d8c0ed37..c57840d4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -397,33 +397,33 @@ endif
 
 test: build-test-container
 ifneq ($(RESTY_IMAGE_BASE),src)
+	CACHE_COMMAND="$(CACHE_COMMAND)" \
+	EDITION=$(EDITION) \
+	KONG_ADMIN_PORT=8444 \
+	KONG_ADMIN_URI="http://$(TEST_HOST):$(TEST_ADMIN_PORT)" \
+	KONG_GO_PLUGINSERVER_VERSION=$(KONG_GO_PLUGINSERVER_VERSION) \
+	KONG_HOST=127.0.0.1 \
 	KONG_PACKAGE_NAME=$(KONG_PACKAGE_NAME) \
-	VERBOSE=$(VERBOSE) \
+	KONG_PROXY_PORT=8000 \
+	KONG_PROXY_URI="http://$(TEST_HOST):$(TEST_PROXY_PORT)" \
+	KONG_TEST_CONTAINER_NAME=$(KONG_TEST_CONTAINER_NAME) \
+	KONG_TEST_CONTAINER_TAG=$(KONG_TEST_CONTAINER_TAG) \
+	KONG_TEST_IMAGE_NAME=$(KONG_TEST_IMAGE_NAME) \
 	KONG_VERSION=$(KONG_VERSION) \
+	PACKAGE_LOCATION=$(PWD)/output \
+	PACKAGE_TYPE=$(PACKAGE_TYPE) \
 	RESTY_IMAGE_BASE=$(RESTY_IMAGE_BASE) \
 	RESTY_IMAGE_TAG=$(RESTY_IMAGE_TAG) \
-	PACKAGE_TYPE=$(PACKAGE_TYPE) \
-	EDITION=$(EDITION) \
-	KONG_TEST_CONTAINER_TAG=$(KONG_TEST_CONTAINER_TAG) \
-	KONG_TEST_IMAGE_NAME=$(KONG_TEST_IMAGE_NAME) \
-	RESTY_VERSION=$(RESTY_VERSION) \
-	RESTY_OPENSSL_VERSION=$(RESTY_OPENSSL_VERSION) \
-	SSL_PROVIDER=$(SSL_PROVIDER) \
 	RESTY_LUAROCKS_VERSION=$(RESTY_LUAROCKS_VERSION) \
+	RESTY_OPENSSL_VERSION=$(RESTY_OPENSSL_VERSION) \
 	RESTY_PCRE_VERSION=$(RESTY_PCRE_VERSION) \
-	CACHE_COMMAND="$(CACHE_COMMAND)" \
-	UPDATE_CACHE_COMMAND="$(UPDATE_CACHE_COMMAND)" \
-	TEST_SHA=$(TEST_SHA) \
-	PACKAGE_LOCATION=$(PWD)/output \
-	KONG_HOST=127.0.0.1 \
-	KONG_ADMIN_PORT=8444 \
-	KONG_PROXY_PORT=8000 \
-	TEST_HOST=$(TEST_HOST) \
-	KONG_TEST_CONTAINER_NAME=$(KONG_TEST_CONTAINER_NAME) \
-	KONG_ADMIN_URI="http://$(TEST_HOST):$(TEST_ADMIN_PORT)" \
-	KONG_PROXY_URI="http://$(TEST_HOST):$(TEST_PROXY_PORT)" \
+	RESTY_VERSION=$(RESTY_VERSION) \
+	SSL_PROVIDER=$(SSL_PROVIDER) \
 	TEST_COMPOSE_PATH=$(TEST_COMPOSE_PATH) \
-	KONG_GO_PLUGINSERVER_VERSION=$(KONG_GO_PLUGINSERVER_VERSION) \
+	TEST_HOST=$(TEST_HOST) \
+	TEST_SHA=$(TEST_SHA) \
+	UPDATE_CACHE_COMMAND="$(UPDATE_CACHE_COMMAND)" \
+	VERBOSE=$(VERBOSE) \
 	./test/run_tests.sh && make update-cache-images
 endif
 
diff --git a/test/tests/01-package/run.sh b/test/tests/01-package/run.sh
index be8bcc13..1d790c10 100644
--- a/test/tests/01-package/run.sh
+++ b/test/tests/01-package/run.sh
@@ -6,12 +6,41 @@ if \
   [[ "$RESTY_IMAGE_BASE" == *'redhat'* ]]
 then
   major="${RESTY_IMAGE_TAG%%.*}"
-  docker run -d --name user-validation-tests --rm -e KONG_DATABASE=off -v $PWD:/src registry.access.redhat.com/ubi${major}/ubi tail -f /dev/null
+  IMAGE_BASE="registry.access.redhat.com/ubi${major}/ubi"
 else
-  docker rmi ${RESTY_IMAGE_BASE}:${RESTY_IMAGE_TAG} --force
-  docker run -d --name user-validation-tests --rm -e KONG_DATABASE=off -v $PWD:/src ${RESTY_IMAGE_BASE}:${RESTY_IMAGE_TAG} tail -f /dev/null
+  IMAGE_BASE="${RESTY_IMAGE_BASE}:${RESTY_IMAGE_TAG}"
 fi
 
+# docker system call amd64 "x86_64" and arm64 "aarch64"
+DOCKER_SYSTEM_ARCHITECTURE="$(docker system info --format '{{.Architecture}}')"
+
+# fall back on uname -m
+DOCKER_SYSTEM_ARCHITECTURE="${DOCKER_SYSTEM_ARCHITECTURE:-$(
+  uname -m
+)}"
+
+case "_${DOCKER_SYSTEM_ARCHITECTURE}" in
+  _aarch64|_arm64)
+    BASE_DOCKER_PLATFORM='linux/arm64/v8'
+    ;;
+  _x86_64|_amd64)
+    BASE_DOCKER_PLATFORM='linux/amd64'
+    ;;
+  _|_*)
+    # docker run allows this to be an empty string (aka default platform)
+    BASE_DOCKER_PLATFORM=''
+    ;;
+esac
+
+docker run \
+  -d \
+  --name user-validation-tests \
+  --rm \
+  --platform "$BASE_DOCKER_PLATFORM" \
+  -e KONG_DATABASE=off \
+  -v "${PWD}:/src" \
+  "$IMAGE_BASE" \
+  tail -f /dev/null
 if [[ "$PACKAGE_TYPE" == "rpm" ]]; then
   cp $PACKAGE_LOCATION/*amd64.rpm kong.rpm
   docker exec ${USE_TTY} user-validation-tests /bin/bash -c "yum install -y /src/kong.rpm procps"