diff --git a/.buildkite/it/serverless-pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/it/serverless-pipeline.yml
index d44d18ebf..d346343f6 100644
--- a/.buildkite/it/serverless-pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/it/serverless-pipeline.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 agents:
-  image: "docker.elastic.co/ci-agent-images/es-perf/buildkite-agent-python"
+  provider: "gcp"
+  image: family/core-ubuntu-2204
 
 steps:
   - label: "Run IT Serverless tests"
@@ -14,6 +15,28 @@ steps:
           env_var: "RALLY_IT_SERVERLESS_API_KEY"
     command: |
       set -eo pipefail
-      apt-get update && apt-get -y install dnsutils
-      python3 -m pip install nox
-      nox -s it_serverless
+
+      echo "--- System dependencies"
+
+      PYTHON_VERSION="3.11"
+      sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
+      5 sudo apt-get update
+      5 sudo apt-get install -y \
+          "python${PYTHON_VERSION}" "python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev" "python${PYTHON_VERSION}-venv" \
+          dnsutil
+
+      echo "--- Run IT serverless test :pytest:"
+
+      export RALLY_HOME=$HOME
+      export THESPLOG_FILE="${THESPLOG_FILE:-${RALLY_HOME}/.rally/logs/actor-system-internal.log}"
+      # this value is in bytes, the default is 50kB. We increase it to 200kiB.
+      export THESPLOG_FILE_MAXSIZE=${THESPLOG_FILE_MAXSIZE:-204800}
+      # adjust the default log level from WARNING
+      export THESPLOG_THRESHOLD="INFO"
+      export TERM=dumb
+      export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
+
+      "python${PYTHON_VERSION}" -m venv .venv
+      source .venv/bin/activate
+      pip install nox
+      nox -s "it_serverless"