diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 26c692953c..8c17bbece0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,37 @@ on:
     branches: [ main ]
 
 jobs:
+  arm64_test:
+    name: CMake test arm64 (with modern protobuf,grpc and abseil)
+    runs-on: actuated-arm64-4cpu-16gb
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        submodules: 'recursive'
+    - name: setup
+      env:
+        PROTOBUF_VERSION: '23.3'
+        ABSEIL_CPP_VERSION: '20230125.3'
+        CXX_STANDARD: '14'
+        CC: /usr/bin/gcc-10
+        CXX: /usr/bin/g++-10
+      run: |
+        sudo -E ./ci/setup_gcc10.sh
+        sudo -E ./ci/setup_cmake.sh
+        sudo -E ./ci/setup_ci_environment.sh
+        sudo -E ./ci/setup_googletest.sh
+        sudo -E ./ci/install_abseil.sh
+        sudo -E ./ci/install_protobuf.sh
+    - name: run otlp exporter tests
+      env:
+        CC: /usr/bin/gcc-10
+        CXX: /usr/bin/g++-10
+        WITH_ABSEIL: 'ON'
+        CXX_STANDARD: '14'
+      run: |
+        sudo -E ./ci/setup_grpc.sh -m -p protobuf -p abseil-cpp
+        ./ci/do_ci.sh cmake.exporter.otprotocol.test
+
   cmake_test:
     name: CMake test (without otlp-exporter)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/ci/setup_cmake.sh b/ci/setup_cmake.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0cb5d7eb79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/setup_cmake.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+apt-get update
+apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y \
+                cmake
diff --git a/ci/setup_gcc10.sh b/ci/setup_gcc10.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..119d361cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/setup_gcc10.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+apt-get update
+apt-get install --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests -y \
+                g++-10 \
+                gcc-10