diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index e3b367999623cd2b20ef939deba9467212df216b..fb5cc7d9374ddf2eae5b3f62dbdff0e9479ea58f 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -337,8 +337,8 @@ download_file = use_repo_rule("@download_utils//download/file:defs.bzl", "downlo
         urls = ["https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/bookworm/{1}/debian-12-generic-{0}-{1}.qcow2".format(cpu, version)],
     )
     for cpu, version, integrity in (
-        ("amd64", "20240901-1857", "sha256-p9rCK1tT7V/uDBI70LR3UoT8vK1aaJ9rWpL0jgXp+1I="),
-        ("arm64", "20240901-1857", "sha256-gxjqgasbjKLrLUtVJYz/MTiPbttisBz3Y4HglSRRspo="),
+        ("amd64", "20241125-1942", "sha256-xT8iVb7Gv+gTbtJJGicwbIXG+HNeqxSeFPfI4hMDeY0="),
+        ("arm64", "20241125-1942", "sha256-0HZJrXlPsGgbEw79BtGDK39Ioed+XjAma/0WID+sPCM="),
     )
 ]
 
diff --git a/e2e/qemu/BUILD.bazel b/e2e/qemu/BUILD.bazel
index 8cf836ca60f68dc0548842bcf9e4a4d7fc973b7e..220e81cd549da52a4ca3a91e782222f9d31cdb79 100644
--- a/e2e/qemu/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/e2e/qemu/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 load("@rules_diff//diff/file/test:defs.bzl", "diff_file_test")
 load("@rules_labgrid//labgrid/run:defs.bzl", "labgrid_run")
 
-CPUS = ("amd64",)
+CPUS = ("amd64", "arm64")
 
 [
     labgrid_run(
diff --git a/labgrid/toolchain/config/qemu/arm64/config.yaml b/labgrid/toolchain/config/qemu/arm64/config.yaml
index 1bfe6b2d2eec11cacbe0cbd49bf7bf3fc5e7e002..0c4098c087f9c436e97134e5a576069211d30380 100644
--- a/labgrid/toolchain/config/qemu/arm64/config.yaml
+++ b/labgrid/toolchain/config/qemu/arm64/config.yaml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ targets:
     drivers:
       QEMUDriver:
         qemu_bin: "qemu"
-        machine: "virt"
-        cpu: "max"
+        machine: "virt,virtualization=on"
+        cpu: "max,pauth-impdef=on"
         memory: "2G"
         bios: "efi"
-        nic: "user,model=e1000,hostfwd=tcp::2223-:22"
-        extra_args: !template "-snapshot -drive file=$LG_QEMU_QCOW2_IMAGE,format=qcow2 -cdrom $LG_QEMU_VIRT_IMAGE"
+        nic: "user,model=virtio-net-pci,hostfwd=tcp::2223-:22"
+        extra_args: !template "-snapshot -smp 4 -drive file=$LG_QEMU_QCOW2_IMAGE,format=qcow2 -cdrom $LG_QEMU_VIRT_IMAGE"
       ShellDriver:
         prompt: " login: "
         login_prompt: " login: "