diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/wordcount_it_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/wordcount_it_test.py
index 0a5179e3bf03..4bd6e430420b 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/wordcount_it_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/examples/wordcount_it_test.py
@@ -112,14 +112,15 @@ def test_wordcount_it_with_prebuilt_sdk_container_cloud_build(self):
   def test_wordcount_it_with_use_sibling_sdk_workers(self):
     self._run_wordcount_it(wordcount.run, experiment='use_sibling_sdk_workers')
 
-  @pytest.mark.it_dataflow_arm
-  def test_wordcount_fnapi_it_arm(self):
-    self._run_wordcount_it(wordcount.run, machine_type='t2a-standard-1')
-
   def _run_wordcount_it(self, run_wordcount, **opts):
     test_pipeline = TestPipeline(is_integration_test=True)
     extra_opts = {}
 
+    if (test_pipeline.get_option('machine_type') == 't2a-standard-1' and
+        'prebuild_sdk_container_engine' in opts):
+      # TODO(https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/28340)
+      pytest.skip('prebuild_sdk_container_engine not supported on ARM')
+
     # Set extra options to the pipeline for test purpose
     test_output = '/'.join([
         test_pipeline.get_option('output'),
diff --git a/sdks/python/container/run_validatescontainer.sh b/sdks/python/container/run_validatescontainer.sh
index f09712f74bc6..5ee3342a1efa 100755
--- a/sdks/python/container/run_validatescontainer.sh
+++ b/sdks/python/container/run_validatescontainer.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ ARCH=${3:-"x86"}
 IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_PREFIX}python${PY_VERSION}_sdk"
 CONTAINER_PROJECT="sdks:python:container:py${PY_VERSION//.}"  # Note: we substitute away the dot in the version.
 PY_INTERPRETER="python${PY_VERSION}"
-TEST_SUITE_TAG="it_validatescontainer"
+MACHINE_TYPE_ARGS=""
 
 XUNIT_FILE="pytest-$IMAGE_NAME.xml"
 
@@ -88,12 +88,9 @@ if [[ "$ARCH" == "x86" ]]; then
   # Push the container
   gcloud docker -- push $CONTAINER:$TAG
 elif [[ "$ARCH" == "ARM" ]]; then
-  # Note: ARM test suites only run on github actions, where multi-arch Python SDK containers are already pushed during build.
-  # Reset the test suite tag to run ARM pipelines.
-  TEST_SUITE_TAG="it_dataflow_arm"
-
   # Reset the multi-arch Python SDK container image tag.
   TAG=$MULTIARCH_TAG
+  MACHINE_TYPE_ARGS="--machine_type=t2a-standard-1"
 else
   printf "Please give a valid CPU architecture, either x86 or ARM."
   exit 1
@@ -126,7 +123,7 @@ SDK_LOCATION=$2
 
 echo ">>> RUNNING DATAFLOW RUNNER VALIDATESCONTAINER TEST"
 pytest -o log_cli=True -o log_level=Info -o junit_suite_name=$IMAGE_NAME \
-  -m=$TEST_SUITE_TAG \
+  -m=it_validatescontainer \
   --numprocesses=1 \
   --timeout=1800 \
   --junitxml=$XUNIT_FILE \
@@ -142,6 +139,7 @@ pytest -o log_cli=True -o log_level=Info -o junit_suite_name=$IMAGE_NAME \
     --output=$GCS_LOCATION/output \
     --sdk_location=$SDK_LOCATION \
     --num_workers=1 \
+    $MACHINE_TYPE_ARGS \
     --docker_registry_push_url=$PREBUILD_SDK_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PATH"
 
 echo ">>> SUCCESS DATAFLOW RUNNER VALIDATESCONTAINER TEST"