diff --git a/.github/actionlint.yml b/.github/actionlint.yml
index d27fa01efa..a5282876d0 100644
--- a/.github/actionlint.yml
+++ b/.github/actionlint.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ config-variables:
   - REMOTE_STORAGE_AZURE_CONTAINER
   - REMOTE_STORAGE_AZURE_REGION
   - SLACK_UPCOMING_RELEASE_CHANNEL_ID
+  - DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
index 0f4dac841e..6f80d6e431 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   bench:
     if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == null }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      statuses: write
+      id-token: write # Required for OIDC authentication in azure runners
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -63,9 +67,13 @@ jobs:
           - DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 16
             PLATFORM: "neon-staging"
             region_id: ${{ github.event.inputs.region_id || 'aws-us-east-2' }}
+            RUNNER: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
+            IMAGE: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
           - DEFAULT_PG_VERSION: 16
             PLATFORM: "azure-staging"
             region_id: 'azure-eastus2'
+            RUNNER: [ self-hosted, eastus2, x64 ]
+            IMAGE: neondatabase/build-tools:pinned
     env:
       TEST_PG_BENCH_DURATIONS_MATRIX: "300"
       TEST_PG_BENCH_SCALES_MATRIX: "10,100"
@@ -76,14 +84,21 @@ jobs:
       SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
       PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.PLATFORM }}
 
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.RUNNER }}
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
+      image: ${{ matrix.IMAGE }}
       options: --init
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+    - name: Configure AWS credentials # necessary on Azure runners
+      uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+      with:
+        aws-region: eu-central-1
+        role-to-assume: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}  
+        role-duration-seconds: 18000 # 5 hours
+
     - name: Download Neon artifact
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
@@ -161,6 +176,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+    
     - name: Download Neon artifact
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
@@ -237,6 +253,9 @@ jobs:
       id: pgbench-compare-matrix
       run: |
         region_id_default=${{ env.DEFAULT_REGION_ID }}
+        runner_default='["self-hosted", "us-east-2", "x64"]'
+        runner_azure='["self-hosted", "eastus2", "x64"]'
+        image_default="369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned"
         matrix='{
           "pg_version" : [
             16
@@ -250,16 +269,19 @@ jobs:
             "neonvm-captest-new"
           ],
           "db_size": [ "10gb" ],
-          "include": [{ "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "neonvm-captest-freetier",       "db_size": "3gb"  },
-                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "neonvm-captest-new",            "db_size": "50gb" },
-                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "azure-eastus2",          "platform": "neonvm-azure-captest-freetier", "db_size": "3gb"  },
-                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "azure-eastus2",          "platform": "neonvm-azure-captest-new",      "db_size": "10gb" },
-                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "azure-eastus2",          "platform": "neonvm-azure-captest-new",      "db_size": "50gb" },
-                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "neonvm-captest-sharding-reuse", "db_size": "50gb" }]
+          "runner": ['"$runner_default"'],
+          "image": [ "'"$image_default"'" ],
+          "include": [{ "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "neonvm-captest-freetier",       "db_size": "3gb" ,"runner": '"$runner_default"', "image": "'"$image_default"'" },
+                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "neonvm-captest-new",            "db_size": "10gb","runner": '"$runner_default"', "image": "'"$image_default"'" },
+                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "neonvm-captest-new",            "db_size": "50gb","runner": '"$runner_default"', "image": "'"$image_default"'" },
+                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "azure-eastus2",          "platform": "neonvm-azure-captest-freetier", "db_size": "3gb" ,"runner": '"$runner_azure"',   "image": "neondatabase/build-tools:pinned" },
+                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "azure-eastus2",          "platform": "neonvm-azure-captest-new",      "db_size": "10gb","runner": '"$runner_azure"',   "image": "neondatabase/build-tools:pinned" },
+                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "azure-eastus2",          "platform": "neonvm-azure-captest-new",      "db_size": "50gb","runner": '"$runner_azure"',   "image": "neondatabase/build-tools:pinned" },
+                      { "pg_version": 16, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "neonvm-captest-sharding-reuse", "db_size": "50gb","runner": '"$runner_default"', "image": "'"$image_default"'" }]
         }'
 
         if [ "$(date +%A)" = "Saturday" ]; then
-          matrix=$(echo "$matrix" | jq '.include += [{ "pg_version": 14, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "rds-postgres", "db_size": "10gb"}]')
+          matrix=$(echo "$matrix" | jq '.include += [{ "pg_version": 14, "region_id": "'"$region_id_default"'", "platform": "rds-postgres", "db_size": "10gb","runner": '"$runner_default"', "image": "'"$image_default"'" }]')
         fi
 
         echo "matrix=$(echo "$matrix" | jq --compact-output '.')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -302,6 +324,10 @@ jobs:
   pgbench-compare:
     if: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == 'false' || github.event.inputs.run_only_pgvector_tests == null }}
     needs: [ generate-matrices ]
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      statuses: write
+      id-token: write # Required for OIDC authentication in azure runners
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -317,9 +343,9 @@ jobs:
       SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
       PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.platform }}
 
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
+      image: ${{ matrix.image }}
       options: --init
 
     # Increase timeout to 8h, default timeout is 6h
@@ -328,6 +354,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+    - name: Configure AWS credentials # necessary on Azure runners
+      uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+      with:
+        aws-region: eu-central-1
+        role-to-assume: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
+        role-duration-seconds: 18000 # 5 hours
+        
     - name: Download Neon artifact
       uses: ./.github/actions/download
       with:
@@ -435,12 +468,20 @@ jobs:
         SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
 
   pgbench-pgvector:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      statuses: write
+      id-token: write # Required for OIDC authentication in azure runners
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
           - PLATFORM: "neonvm-captest-pgvector"
+            RUNNER: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
+            IMAGE: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
           - PLATFORM: "azure-captest-pgvector"
+            RUNNER: [ self-hosted, eastus2, x64 ]
+            IMAGE: neondatabase/build-tools:pinned
 
     env:
       TEST_PG_BENCH_DURATIONS_MATRIX: "15m"
@@ -453,9 +494,9 @@ jobs:
       SAVE_PERF_REPORT: ${{ github.event.inputs.save_perf_report || ( github.ref_name == 'main' ) }}
       PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.PLATFORM }}
 
-    runs-on: [ self-hosted, us-east-2, x64 ]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.RUNNER }}
     container:
-      image: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/build-tools:pinned
+      image: ${{ matrix.IMAGE }}
       options: --init
 
     steps:
@@ -466,12 +507,12 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install postgresql-16 where pytest expects it
       run: |
         cd /home/nonroot
-        wget -q https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/pool/main/p/postgresql-16/libpq5_16.3-1.pgdg110%2B1_amd64.deb
-        wget -q https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/pool/main/p/postgresql-16/postgresql-client-16_16.3-1.pgdg110%2B1_amd64.deb
-        wget -q https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/pool/main/p/postgresql-16/postgresql-16_16.3-1.pgdg110%2B1_amd64.deb 
-        dpkg -x libpq5_16.3-1.pgdg110+1_amd64.deb pg
-        dpkg -x postgresql-client-16_16.3-1.pgdg110+1_amd64.deb pg
-        dpkg -x postgresql-16_16.3-1.pgdg110+1_amd64.deb pg
+        wget -q https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/pool/main/p/postgresql-16/libpq5_16.4-1.pgdg110%2B1_amd64.deb
+        wget -q https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/pool/main/p/postgresql-16/postgresql-client-16_16.4-1.pgdg110%2B1_amd64.deb
+        wget -q https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/pool/main/p/postgresql-16/postgresql-16_16.4-1.pgdg110%2B1_amd64.deb 
+        dpkg -x libpq5_16.4-1.pgdg110+1_amd64.deb pg
+        dpkg -x postgresql-client-16_16.4-1.pgdg110+1_amd64.deb pg
+        dpkg -x postgresql-16_16.4-1.pgdg110+1_amd64.deb pg
         mkdir -p /tmp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin
         ln -s /home/nonroot/pg/usr/lib/postgresql/16/bin/pgbench /tmp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin/pgbench  
         ln -s /home/nonroot/pg/usr/lib/postgresql/16/bin/psql /tmp/neon/pg_install/v16/bin/psql  
@@ -496,6 +537,13 @@ jobs:
         esac
 
         echo "connstr=${CONNSTR}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        
+    - name: Configure AWS credentials # necessary on Azure runners to read/write from/to S3
+      uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+      with:
+        aws-region: eu-central-1
+        role-to-assume: ${{ vars.DEV_AWS_OIDC_ROLE_ARN }}
+        role-duration-seconds: 18000 # 5 hours
 
     - name: Benchmark pgvector hnsw indexing
       uses: ./.github/actions/run-python-test-set
@@ -524,7 +572,7 @@ jobs:
         BENCHMARK_CONNSTR: ${{ steps.set-up-connstr.outputs.connstr }}
         VIP_VAP_ACCESS_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.VIP_VAP_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
         PERF_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR: "${{ secrets.PERF_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR }}"
-
+    
     - name: Create Allure report
       if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
       uses: ./.github/actions/allure-report-generate