diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 78dc11c9b4..4d71d20441 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -229,12 +229,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        arch: [ x64, arm64 ]
-        # Do not build or run tests in debug for release branches
-        build-type: ${{ fromJSON((startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release') && github.event_name == 'push') && '["release"]' || '["debug", "release"]') }}
-        include:
-          - build-type: release
-            arch: arm64
+        arch: [ x64 ]
+        build-type: [ 'release' ]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_build-and-test-locally.yml
     with:
       arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
@@ -244,16 +240,12 @@ jobs:
       # Run tests on all Postgres versions in release builds and only on the latest version in debug builds.
       # Run without LFC on v17 release and debug builds only. For all the other cases LFC is enabled.
       test-cfg: |
-        ${{ matrix.build-type == 'release' && '[{"pg_version":"v14", "lfc_state": "with-lfc"},
-                                                {"pg_version":"v15", "lfc_state": "with-lfc"},
-                                                {"pg_version":"v16", "lfc_state": "with-lfc"},
-                                                {"pg_version":"v17", "lfc_state": "with-lfc"},
-                                                {"pg_version":"v17", "lfc_state": "without-lfc"}]'
+        ${{ matrix.build-type == 'release' && '[{"pg_version":"v14", "lfc_state": "with-lfc"} ]'
                                            || '[{"pg_version":"v17", "lfc_state": "without-lfc" }]' }}
     secrets: inherit
 
   coverage-report:
-    if: ${{ !startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release') }}
+    # if: ${{ !startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release') }}
     needs: [ check-permissions, build-build-tools-image, build-and-test-locally ]
     permissions:
       id-token: write # aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials