diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2b4452d5..25e499c4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ lint:
 
 test:
   stage: test
+  tags:
+    - amd64
   variables:
     APT_CACHE_DIR: apt-cache
   script:
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ test:
 
 build:
   stage: build
+  tags:
+    - amd64
   script:
     - yarn
     - npm run build
diff --git a/changelog.d/ci-runner.skip b/changelog.d/ci-runner.skip
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad4b79d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/ci-runner.skip
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+stop using that one runner for intensive tasks
\ No newline at end of file