diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-qe-template.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-qe-template.yml
index e4ed5a94d1..92381c19c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-qe-template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-qe-template.yml
@@ -32,11 +32,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: prepare
         run: |
           # Install Testing farm CLI
-          curl -LO "https://gitlab.com/testing-farm/cli/-/raw/main/container/testing-farm"
-          chmod +x testing-farm
-          mv testing-farm /usr/local/bin/
-          
-          sudo yum install podman openssh-server -y
+          pip3 install --user tft-cli
+          sudo apt install podman openssh-server -y
+          testing-farm --help
 
           # Get origin commit sha for testing
           commit_sha=$(cat gh_context.json | jq -r '.event.after')
@@ -93,8 +91,10 @@ jobs:
 
           # the target can only be accessed through a bastion (which can only be accessed from self-hosted runner) 
           # as so we need to map the ssh-agent from the host to the containers used to access the target host
-          rm -f id_rsa id_rsa.pub
-          ssh-keygen -t rsa -N '' -f id_rsa -q 
+          
+          #rm -f id_rsa id_rsa.pub
+          ssh-keygen -t rsa -N '' -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa -q 
+          cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa .
           eval $(ssh-agent -s)
           echo $SSH_AUTH_SOCK > ssh_auth_sock
           echo $SSH_AGENT_PID > ssh_agent_pid
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ jobs:
 
           # reserve machine from testing farm
           export TESTING_FARM_API_TOKEN=${TESTING_FARM_API_TOKEN}
-          testing-farm reserve --compose Fedora-40 --duration 480 --arch aarch64 --hardware memory='>= 16 GB' --hardware cpu.processors='>= 4' --hardware virtualization.is-supported='true' --ssh-public-key id_rsa.pub --no-autoconnect | tee info
+          testing-farm reserve --compose Fedora-40 --duration 480 --arch aarch64 --hardware memory='>= 16 GB' --hardware cpu.processors='>= 4' --hardware virtualization.is-supported='true' --no-autoconnect | tee info1
+          sed -r 's/\x1B\[[0-9;]*[mK]//g' info1 > info
           machine=`tail -n 1 info`
           echo ${machine##*@} > host
           echo crctest > username
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ jobs:
           echo ${request:1} > requestid
 
           # Create a non-root user for testing on the reserved machine
-          ssh_cmd="ssh -i id_rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${machine##*ssh}"
+          ssh_cmd="ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${machine##*ssh}"
+          ssh-keyscan -H testing-farm.io >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
           echo ${machine##*ssh}
           echo $ssh_cmd
           $ssh_cmd 'useradd crctest' < /dev/null