diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 06f09607..93fffa80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ jobs:
 
   integration-tests:
     name: Integration tests
-    uses: canonical/chisel-releases/.github/workflows/spread.yaml@main
+    uses: cjdcordeiro/chisel-releases/.github/workflows/spread.yaml@main
diff --git a/slices/base-passwd.yaml b/slices/base-passwd.yaml
index efee9adc..3e839eb9 100644
--- a/slices/base-passwd.yaml
+++ b/slices/base-passwd.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ slices:
     mutate: |
       gr = content.read("/usr/share/base-passwd/group.master")
       content.write("/etc/group", gr)
+      
       pw = content.read("/usr/share/base-passwd/passwd.master")
       content.write("/etc/passwd", pw)
 
diff --git a/slices/ca-certificates.yaml b/slices/ca-certificates.yaml
index 9d727029..513449d4 100644
--- a/slices/ca-certificates.yaml
+++ b/slices/ca-certificates.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ essential:
   - ca-certificates_copyright
 
 slices:
-  # This slice only contains the certificates bundle at /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt.
+  # FOOThis slice only contains the certificates bundle at /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt.
   # To keep the individual certificates at /usr/share/ca-certificates/mozilla/ and the
   # configuration file at /etc/ca-certificates.conf, please use the "data-with-certs" slice.
   # Please note that the mutation script (partially) mimics the deb's maintainer
diff --git a/spread.yaml b/spread.yaml
index d57a5b45..d929a2af 100644
--- a/spread.yaml
+++ b/spread.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,37 @@ exclude:
   - .github
 
 backends:
+  # We can switch back to using the official Spread LXD backend after
+  # https://github.com/snapcore/spread/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+LXD+updated%3A%3C%3D2024-02-23+
+  lxd:
+    type: adhoc
+    allocate: |
+      set -x
+      release=$(echo $SPREAD_SYSTEM | awk -F '-' '{print $2}')
+
+      # Ideally, we would add the ubuntu-minimal remote
+      # e.g. https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/jammy/
+      # but that would effectively change the host's LXC configurations.
+
+      echo "Allocating $SPREAD_SYSTEM..."
+      lxc launch --ephemeral ubuntu:$release $SPREAD_SYSTEM
+      until lxc exec $SPREAD_SYSTEM -- pgrep sshd &>/dev/null
+      do
+        sleep 5
+      done
+      lxc exec $SPREAD_SYSTEM -- sed -i 's/^\s*#\?\s*\(PermitRootLogin\|PasswordAuthentication\)\>.*/\1 yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+      lxc exec $SPREAD_SYSTEM -- bash -c "sed -i 's/^\s*\(PermitRootLogin\|PasswordAuthentication\)\>.*/# COMMENTED OUT BY SPREAD: \0/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/* || true"
+      lxc exec $SPREAD_SYSTEM -- bash -c "test -d /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d && echo -e 'PermitRootLogin=yes\nPasswordAuthentication=yes' > /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/00-spread.conf"
+      lxc exec $SPREAD_SYSTEM -- bash -c "echo root:${SPREAD_SYSTEM_PASSWORD} | chpasswd"
+      lxc exec $SPREAD_SYSTEM -- killall -HUP sshd
+      ADDRESS `lxc list --format=json $SPREAD_SYSTEM | jq -r '.[0].state.network.eth0.addresses[] | select(.family=="inet") | .address'`
+    discard: lxc stop $SPREAD_SYSTEM || true
+    systems:
+      - ubuntu-jammy:
+          password: ubuntu
+  
+  # The Docker backend is recommended for comprehensive multi-arch tests, but
+  # not ideal for tests that need to perform privileged operations (like "mount"). 
   docker:
     type: adhoc
     allocate: |
@@ -48,9 +79,8 @@ backends:
           password: ubuntu
       - ubuntu-22.04-s390x:
           password: ubuntu
-      # Re-enable risvc64 once we have re-enabled this arch for the Ubuntu container
-      # - ubuntu-22.04-riscv64:
-      #     password: ubuntu
+      - ubuntu-22.04-riscv64:
+          password: ubuntu
 
 prepare: |
   # Deb arch to GOARCH
@@ -66,8 +96,7 @@ prepare: |
 
   tar -xf $chisel_tar -C /usr/local/bin
 
-prepare-each:
-  chisel version
+prepare-each: chisel version
 
 suites:
   tests/spread/integration/: