diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-kurtosis/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-kurtosis/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..478a139e267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-kurtosis/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+
+name: "Setup Kurtosis"
+description: "Setup Kurtosis CDK for tests"
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - name: Checkout cdk-erigon
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        path: cdk-erigon
+
+    - name: Checkout kurtosis-cdk
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        repository: 0xPolygon/kurtosis-cdk
+        ref: v0.2.24
+        path: kurtosis-cdk
+
+    - name: Install Kurtosis CDK tools
+      uses: ./kurtosis-cdk/.github/actions/setup-kurtosis-cdk
+
+    - name: Install Foundry
+      uses: foundry-rs/foundry-toolchain@v1
+
+    - name: Install polycli
+      run: |
+        tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d) && curl -L https://github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-cli/releases/download/v0.1.48/polycli_v0.1.48_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar -xz -C "$tmp_dir" && mv "$tmp_dir"/* /usr/local/bin/polycli && rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
+        sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/polycli
+        /usr/local/bin/polycli version
+    - name: Build docker image
+      working-directory: ./cdk-erigon
+      run: docker build -t cdk-erigon:local --file Dockerfile .
+
+    - name: Remove unused flags
+      working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
+      run: |
+        sed -i '/zkevm.sequencer-batch-seal-time:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
+        sed -i '/zkevm.sequencer-non-empty-batch-seal-time:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
+        sed -i '/sentry.drop-useless-peers:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
+        sed -i '/zkevm.pool-manager-url/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
+        sed -i '/zkevm.l2-datastreamer-timeout:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
+
+    - name: Create params.yml overrides
+      working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
+      run: |
+        echo 'args:' > params.yml
+        echo '  cdk_erigon_node_image: cdk-erigon:local' >> params.yml
+        echo '  el-1-geth-lighthouse: ethpandaops/lighthouse@sha256:4902d9e4a6b6b8d4c136ea54f0e51582a32f356f3dec7194a1adee13ed2d662e' >> params.yml
+
+    - name: Deploy Kurtosis CDK package
+      working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
+      run: kurtosis run --enclave cdk-v1 --args-file params.yml --image-download always .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_zkevm.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_zkevm.yml
index 9788c4a8376..c10965045d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_zkevm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_zkevm.yml
@@ -74,46 +74,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout cdk-erigon
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          path: cdk-erigon
-
-      - name: Checkout kurtosis-cdk
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: 0xPolygon/kurtosis-cdk
-          ref: v0.2.21
-          path: kurtosis-cdk
-
-      - name: Install Kurtosis CDK tools (Kurtosis, yq, Foundry, disable analytics)
-        uses: ./kurtosis-cdk/.github/actions/setup-kurtosis-cdk
-
-      - name: Install Foundry
-        uses: foundry-rs/foundry-toolchain@v1
-
-
-      - name: Build docker image
-        working-directory: ./cdk-erigon
-        run: docker build -t cdk-erigon:local --file Dockerfile .
-
-      - name: Remove unused flags
-        working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
-        run: |
-          sed -i '/zkevm.sequencer-batch-seal-time:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-          sed -i '/zkevm.sequencer-non-empty-batch-seal-time:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-          sed -i '/sentry.drop-useless-peers:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-          sed -i '/zkevm.l2-datastreamer-timeout:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-          
-
-      - name: Create params.yml overrides
-        working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
-        run: |
-          echo 'args:' > params.yml
-          echo '  data_availability_mode: '"${{ matrix.da-mode }}" >> params.yml
-          echo '  cdk_erigon_node_image: cdk-erigon:local' >> params.yml
-
-      - name: Deploy Kurtosis CDK package
-        working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
-        run: | 
-          kurtosis run --enclave cdk-v1 --image-download always --args-file params.yml .
+      - name: Setup kurtosis
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-kurtosis
 
       - name: Run process with CPU monitoring
         working-directory: ./cdk-erigon
@@ -206,64 +168,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout cdk-erigon
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          path: cdk-erigon
-
-      - name: Checkout kurtosis-cdk
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: 0xPolygon/kurtosis-cdk
-          ref: v0.2.21
-          path: kurtosis-cdk
-
-      - name: Install Kurtosis CDK tools
-        uses: ./kurtosis-cdk/.github/actions/setup-kurtosis-cdk
-
-      - name: Install Foundry
-        uses: foundry-rs/foundry-toolchain@v1
-
-      - name: Install polycli
-        run: |
-          tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d) && curl -L https://github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-cli/releases/download/v0.1.48/polycli_v0.1.48_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar -xz -C "$tmp_dir" && mv "$tmp_dir"/* /usr/local/bin/polycli && rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
-          sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/polycli
-          /usr/local/bin/polycli version
-
-      - name: Build docker image
-        working-directory: ./cdk-erigon
-        run: docker build -t cdk-erigon:local --file Dockerfile .
-
-      - name: Modify cdk-erigon flags
-        working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
-        run: |
-          sed -i '/zkevm.sequencer-batch-seal-time:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-          sed -i '/zkevm.sequencer-non-empty-batch-seal-time:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-          sed -i '/zkevm\.sequencer-initial-fork-id/d' ./templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-          sed -i '/sentry.drop-useless-peers:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-          sed -i '/zkevm\.pool-manager-url/d' ./templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-          sed -i '$a\zkevm.disable-virtual-counters: true' ./templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-          sed -i '/zkevm.l2-datastreamer-timeout:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-
-
-      - name: Configure Kurtosis CDK
-        working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
-        run: |
-          sed -i 's/"londonBlock": [0-9]\+/"londonBlock": 0/' ./templates/cdk-erigon/chainspec.json
-          sed -i 's/"normalcyBlock": [0-9]\+/"normalcyBlock": 0/' ./templates/cdk-erigon/chainspec.json
-          sed -i 's/"shanghaiTime": [0-9]\+/"shanghaiTime": 0/' ./templates/cdk-erigon/chainspec.json
-          sed -i 's/"cancunTime": [0-9]\+/"cancunTime": 0/' ./templates/cdk-erigon/chainspec.json
-          sed -i '/"terminalTotalDifficulty"/d' ./templates/cdk-erigon/chainspec.json
-
-      - name: Create params.yml overrides
-        working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
-        run: |
-          echo 'args:' > params.yml
-          echo '  erigon_strict_mode: false' >> params.yml
-          echo '  cdk_erigon_node_image: cdk-erigon:local' >> params.yml
-
-      - name: Deploy Kurtosis CDK package
-        working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
-        run: |
-           kurtosis run --enclave cdk-v1 --image-download always --args-file params.yml .
-  
+      - name: Setup kurtosis
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-kurtosis
+      
       - name: Dynamic gas fee tx load test
         working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
         run: /usr/local/bin/polycli loadtest --rpc-url "$(kurtosis port print cdk-v1 cdk-erigon-rpc-001 rpc)" --private-key "0x12d7de8621a77640c9241b2595ba78ce443d05e94090365ab3bb5e19df82c625" --verbosity 700 --requests 500 --rate-limit 50  --mode uniswapv3 --legacy
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-resequence.yml b/.github/workflows/test-resequence.yml
index eece01ceb94..cee0118e0e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-resequence.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-resequence.yml
@@ -18,49 +18,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout cdk-erigon
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          path: cdk-erigon
-
-      - name: Checkout kurtosis-cdk
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: 0xPolygon/kurtosis-cdk
-          ref: v0.2.21
-          path: kurtosis-cdk
-
-      - name: Install Kurtosis CDK tools
-        uses: ./kurtosis-cdk/.github/actions/setup-kurtosis-cdk
-
-      - name: Install Foundry
-        uses: foundry-rs/foundry-toolchain@v1
-
-      - name: Install polycli
-        run: |
-          tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d) && curl -L https://github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-cli/releases/download/v0.1.48/polycli_v0.1.48_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar -xz -C "$tmp_dir" && mv "$tmp_dir"/* /usr/local/bin/polycli && rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
-          sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/polycli
-          /usr/local/bin/polycli version
-      - name: Build docker image
-        working-directory: ./cdk-erigon
-        run: docker build -t cdk-erigon:local --file Dockerfile .
-
-      - name: Remove unused flags
-        working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
-        run: |
-          sed -i '/zkevm.sequencer-batch-seal-time:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-          sed -i '/zkevm.sequencer-non-empty-batch-seal-time:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-          sed -i '/sentry.drop-useless-peers:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-          sed -i '/zkevm.pool-manager-url/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-          sed -i '/zkevm.l2-datastreamer-timeout:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-
-      - name: Create params.yml overrides
-        working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
-        run: |
-          echo 'args:' > params.yml
-          echo '  cdk_erigon_node_image: cdk-erigon:local' >> params.yml
-
-      - name: Deploy Kurtosis CDK package
-        working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
-        run: kurtosis run --enclave cdk-v1 --args-file params.yml --image-download always .
+      - name: Setup kurtosis
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-kurtosis
 
       - name: Test resequence
         working-directory: ./cdk-erigon