diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-image-tests/main_test.go b/cmd/osbuild-image-tests/main_test.go
index d18d235f9..35171f07b 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-image-tests/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-image-tests/main_test.go
@@ -271,9 +271,20 @@ func testBootUsingAWS(t *testing.T, imagePath string) {
 
 	securityGroupName, err := GenerateCIArtifactName("osbuild-image-tests-security-group-")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	instanceTypeForArch := map[string]string{
+		"x86_64":  "t3.micro",
+		"aarch64": "t4g.micro",
+	}
+
+	instanceType, exists := instanceTypeForArch[common.CurrentArch()]
+	if !exists {
+		panic("unsupported AWS arch")
+	}
+
 	// boot the uploaded image and try to connect to it
 	err = boot.WithSSHKeyPair(func(privateKey, publicKey string) error {
-		return boot.WithBootedImageInEC2(e, securityGroupName, imageDesc, publicKey, func(address string) error {
+		return boot.WithBootedImageInEC2(e, securityGroupName, imageDesc, publicKey, instanceType, func(address string) error {
 			testSSH(t, address, privateKey, nil)
 			return nil
 		})
diff --git a/internal/boot/aws.go b/internal/boot/aws.go
index 6fd6ac996..2c051c9ee 100644
--- a/internal/boot/aws.go
+++ b/internal/boot/aws.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func DeleteEC2Image(e *ec2.EC2, imageDesc *imageDescription) error {
 
 // WithBootedImageInEC2 runs the function f in the context of booted
 // image in AWS EC2
-func WithBootedImageInEC2(e *ec2.EC2, securityGroupName string, imageDesc *imageDescription, publicKey string, f func(address string) error) (retErr error) {
+func WithBootedImageInEC2(e *ec2.EC2, securityGroupName string, imageDesc *imageDescription, publicKey string, instanceType string, f func(address string) error) (retErr error) {
 	// generate user data with given public key
 	userData, err := CreateUserData(publicKey)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func WithBootedImageInEC2(e *ec2.EC2, securityGroupName string, imageDesc *image
 		MaxCount:         aws.Int64(1),
 		MinCount:         aws.Int64(1),
 		ImageId:          imageDesc.Id,
-		InstanceType:     aws.String("t3.micro"),
+		InstanceType:     aws.String(instanceType),
 		SecurityGroupIds: []*string{securityGroup.GroupId},
 		UserData:         aws.String(encodeBase64(userData)),
 	})