diff --git a/.github/actions/tune-runner-vm/action.yml b/.github/actions/tune-runner-vm/action.yml
index 7e5f77f9a83fe2..dae8c1f854de37 100644
--- a/.github/actions/tune-runner-vm/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/tune-runner-vm/action.yml
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ runs:
           
             # enable docker experimental mode which is
             # required for using "docker build --squash" / "-Ddocker.squash=true"
-            daemon_json="$(sudo cat /etc/docker/daemon.json  | jq '.experimental = true')"
-            echo "$daemon_json" | sudo tee /etc/docker/daemon.json
+            # daemon_json="$(sudo cat /etc/docker/daemon.json  | jq '.experimental = true')"
+            # echo "$daemon_json" | sudo tee /etc/docker/daemon.json
             # restart docker daemon
-            sudo systemctl restart docker
-            echo '::endgroup::'
+            # sudo systemctl restart docker
+            # echo '::endgroup::'
 
             # show memory
             echo "::group::Available Memory"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pulsar-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/pulsar-ci.yaml
index b35f9477af6bbf..673cf2acad714f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pulsar-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pulsar-ci.yaml
@@ -104,10 +104,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: setup Docker
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-        with:
-          docker_channel: stable
+      - name: Set up Docker
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-setup-docker@v3
+        with:
+          daemon-config: |
+            {
+              "debug": true,
+              "experimental": true
+            }
 
       - name: Tune Runner VM
         uses: ./.github/actions/tune-runner-vm