diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 1832e51f21..2a4cf09614 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,23 @@ arm_unit_tests_task:
     - sudo apt update
     - sudo apt install -y podman
 
+  #  XXX This should be removed when native crun >=1.9.1
+  update_crun_script:
+    - crun --version
+    - mkdir -p "/root/.local/bin"
+    - curl -L "https://github.com/containers/crun/releases/download/1.14.1/crun-1.14.1-linux-arm64" -o "/root/.local/bin/crun"
+    - chmod +x "/root/.local/bin/crun"
+    - mkdir -p "/root/.config/containers"
+
+  containers_conf_file:
+    path: /root/.config/containers/containers.conf
+    from_contents: |
+      [engine.runtimes]
+      crun = [
+      "${HOME}/.local/bin/crun",
+      "/usr/bin/crun"
+      ]
+
   download_cache_script:
     - curl http://$CIRRUS_HTTP_CACHE_HOST/${CIRRUS_CHANGE_IN_REPO} -o /tmp/image.tar