diff --git a/.github/workflows/k8s-regression-tester.yml b/.github/workflows/k8s-regression-tester.yml
index 2987ef5252..b5254f12e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/k8s-regression-tester.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/k8s-regression-tester.yml
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ jobs:
         
     - name: Build JIT agglayer image to be used in ephemeral devnet
       run: |
-        cd agglayer
-        make build-docker
+        docker compose -f agglayer/docker/docker-compose.yaml build --no-cache agglayer
+        sleep 10
         
     - name: Install kurtosis
       run: |
@@ -63,30 +63,19 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt update
         sudo apt install kurtosis-cli
 
-    # - name: Setup necessary gke custom kurtosis netorking configs
-    #   run: |        
-    #     export KURTOSIS_CONFIG_PATH="$(kurtosis config path)"
-    #     cp /home/runner/work/bor/bor/kurtosis-config.yml $KURTOSIS_CONFIG_PATH
-    # 
-    # - name: Set kurtosis cloud env
-    #   run: |       
-    #     mkdir -p ~/.kube
-    #     echo "${{ secrets.GKE_CLUSTER_CREDENTIALS }}" > ~/.kube/config     
-    #     export KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/config && kurtosis cluster set cloud
-
     - name: Run kurtosis agent in background
       run: |  
         kurtosis gateway &  # Run cmd in background
         sleep 10
 
-    - name: Deploy CDK devnet to isolated GKE namespace
+    - name: Deploy CDK devnet on local github runner
       run: |
         cd kurtosis-cdk
         kurtosis engine restart
         kurtosis run --enclave cdk-v1 --args-file params.yml .
         sleep 300
     
-    - name: Finally, remove all devnet resources
+    - name: Finally, remove all devnet resources locally
       run: |
         cd kurtosis-cdk
         kurtosis clean -a