diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-template.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests-template.yaml
index 3821bd881402..1d7928a8fbd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests-template.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-template.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ permissions: read-all
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ${{ inputs.runs-on }}
-    # this is to prevent the job to run at forked projects
-    # if: github.repository == 'etcd-io/etcd'
+    # this is to prevent arm64 jobs to run at forked projects
+    if: inputs.arch == 'amd64' || github.repository == 'etcd-io/etcd'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: