diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-arm64.yml b/.github/workflows/test-arm64.yml
index 06b9a11d3d0..98fb900b7ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-arm64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-arm64.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
         with:
+          env: |
+            GITHUB_WORKFLOW: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}
           arch: aarch64
           distro: ubuntu20.04
           githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -57,14 +59,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
         with:
+          env: |
+            GITHUB_WORKFLOW: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}
           arch: aarch64
           distro: ubuntu20.04
           githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
           dockerRunArgs: |
-            --volume "${PWD}:/avro"  --workdir /avro/lang/c
+            --volume "${PWD}:/avro" --workdir /avro/lang/c
           install: |
             apt-get update -q
-            apt-get install -q -y libjansson-dev liblzma-dev libsnappy-dev cmake
+            apt-get install -q -y cmake liblzma-dev libsnappy-dev libjansson-dev zlib1g-dev pkg-config
           run: |
             set -x
             ./build.sh clean test
@@ -80,6 +84,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
         with:
+          env: |
+            GITHUB_WORKFLOW: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}
           arch: aarch64
           distro: ubuntu20.04
           githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
             --volume "${PWD}:/avro"  --workdir /avro/lang/c++
           install: |
             apt-get update -q
-            apt-get install -q -y libboost-all-dev cmake
+            apt-get install -q -y gcc g++ libboost-all-dev cmake
           run: |
             set -x
             ./build.sh clean test
@@ -95,6 +101,8 @@ jobs:
   csharp:
     name: C# on Linux ARM64
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GITHUB_WORKFLOW: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -111,6 +119,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
         with:
+          env: |
+            GITHUB_WORKFLOW: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}
           arch: aarch64
           distro: ubuntu20.04
           githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -118,11 +128,11 @@ jobs:
             --volume "${PWD}:/avro" --volume "$HOME/.nuget/packages:/root/.nuget/packages"  --workdir /avro/lang/csharp
           install: |
             apt-get update -q
-            apt-get install -q -y wget libzstd-dev
+            apt-get install -q -y wget libzstd-dev libicu-dev
             wget https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.sh
-            ./dotnet-install.sh --channel "3.1" --install-dir "$HOME/.dotnet" # 3.1
-            ./dotnet-install.sh --channel "5.0" --install-dir "$HOME/.dotnet" # 5.0
-            ./dotnet-install.sh --channel "6.0" --install-dir "$HOME/.dotnet" # 6.0
+            bash ./dotnet-install.sh --channel "3.1" --install-dir "$HOME/.dotnet" # 3.1
+            bash ./dotnet-install.sh --channel "5.0" --install-dir "$HOME/.dotnet" # 5.0
+            bash ./dotnet-install.sh --channel "6.0" --install-dir "$HOME/.dotnet" # 6.0
           run: |
             set -x
             export PATH=$HOME/.dotnet:$PATH
@@ -140,6 +150,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
         with:
+          env: |
+            GITHUB_WORKFLOW: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}
           arch: aarch64
           distro: ubuntu20.04
           githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -147,11 +159,17 @@ jobs:
             --volume "${PWD}:/avro"  --workdir /avro/lang/py
           install: |
             apt-get update -q
-            apt-get install -q -y python3.9 python3-pip libbz2-dev libjansson-dev liblzma-dev libsnappy-dev libzstd-dev
+            apt-get install -q -y software-properties-common 
+            add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
+            apt-get update -q
+            apt-get install -q -y python3.6 python3.7 python3.8 python3.9 python3.10 python3-pip git libbz2-dev libjansson-dev liblzma-dev libsnappy-dev libzstd-dev
             python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools tox-wheel
           run: |
             set -x
-            ./build.sh clean test
+            git config --global --add safe.directory /avro
+            export BENCH_MAX_WRITE_SECONDS=300
+            export BENCH_MAX_READ_SECONDS=300
+            ./build.sh test
 
   ruby:
     name: Ruby on Linux ARM64
@@ -173,6 +191,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
         with:
+          env: |
+            GITHUB_WORKFLOW: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}
           arch: aarch64
           distro: ubuntu20.04
           githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -212,16 +232,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
         with:
+          env: |
+            GITHUB_WORKFLOW: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}
           arch: aarch64
           distro: ubuntu20.04
           githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
           dockerRunArgs: |
             --volume "${PWD}:/avro" --volume "$HOME/.cargo:/root/.cargo" --volume "$HOME/target:/root/avro/target"  --workdir /avro/lang/rust
           install: |
+            set -x
             apt-get update -q
-            apt-get install -q -y cargo
+            apt-get install -q -y curl
+            ln -s $SHELL /tmp/shell # workaround for https://github.com/rust-lang/rustup/issues/2700
+            curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sed 's#/proc/self/exe#/tmp/shell#g' | bash -s -- -y --default-host aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --default-toolchain stable
+            ls -laR $HOME/.cargo/
           run: |
             set -x
+            source $HOME/.cargo/env
             ./build.sh clean test
 
   perl:
@@ -235,6 +262,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
         with:
+          env: |
+            GITHUB_WORKFLOW: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}
           arch: aarch64
           distro: ubuntu20.04
           githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -264,6 +293,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
         with:
+          env: |
+            GITHUB_WORKFLOW: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}
           arch: aarch64
           distro: ubuntu20.04
           githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
@@ -287,6 +318,8 @@ jobs:
   javascript:
     name: JavaScript on Linux ARM64
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      NODE_VERSION: "16.18.0"
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -304,14 +337,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
         with:
+          env: |
+            GITHUB_WORKFLOW: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}
           arch: aarch64
           distro: ubuntu20.04
           githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
           dockerRunArgs: |
             --volume "${PWD}:/avro" --volume "$HOME/.npm:/root/.npm" --workdir /avro/lang/js
           install: |
+            set -x
             apt-get update -q
-            apt-get install -q -y nodejs
+            apt-get install -q -y wget
+            wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}/node-v${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-linux-arm64.tar.xz
+            tar xvf node-v${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-linux-arm64.tar.xz
           run: |
             set -x
+            export PATH=$PWD/node-v${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-linux-arm64/bin:$PATH
             ./build.sh clean test
diff --git a/lang/py/avro/test/test_bench.py b/lang/py/avro/test/test_bench.py
index f032dda0260..fb296e491a3 100644
--- a/lang/py/avro/test/test_bench.py
+++ b/lang/py/avro/test/test_bench.py
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
 READER = avro.io.DatumReader(SCHEMA)
 WRITER = avro.io.DatumWriter(SCHEMA)
 NUMBER_OF_TESTS = 10000
-MAX_WRITE_SECONDS = 10 if platform.python_implementation() == "PyPy" else 3
-MAX_READ_SECONDS = 10 if platform.python_implementation() == "PyPy" else 3
+MAX_WRITE_SECONDS = 10 if platform.python_implementation() == "PyPy" else os.environ.get('BENCH_MAX_WRITE_SECONDS', 3)
+MAX_READ_SECONDS = 10 if platform.python_implementation() == "PyPy" else os.environ.get('BENCH_MAX_READ_SECONDS', 3)
 
 
 class TestBench(unittest.TestCase):