diff --git a/.buildkite/bk.integration.pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/bk.integration.pipeline.yml
index 6d61b8743f..178830ce57 100644
--- a/.buildkite/bk.integration.pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/bk.integration.pipeline.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ steps:
     steps:
       - label: "Win2022:sudo:{{matrix}}"
         command: |
-          buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'package-it' --build ${BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_ID}
+          buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'packaging-windows' --build ${BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_ID}
           .buildkite/scripts/integration-tests.ps1 {{matrix}} true
         artifact_paths:
           - build/**
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ steps:
 
       - label: "Win2022:non-sudo:{{matrix}}"
         command: |
-          buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'package-it' --build ${BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_ID}
+          buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'packaging-windows' --build ${BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_ID}
           .buildkite/scripts/integration-tests.ps1 {{matrix}} false
         artifact_paths:
           - build/**
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ steps:
       - integration-ess
     steps:
       - label: "x86_64:non-sudo: {{matrix}}"
+        # only packaging-ubuntu-x86-64 artifact dependency is required
         command: |
-          buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'package-it' --build ${BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_ID}
+          buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'packaging-ubuntu-x86-64' --build ${BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_ID}
           .buildkite/scripts/steps/integration_tests_tf.sh {{matrix}} false
         artifact_paths:
           - build/**
@@ -77,8 +78,9 @@ steps:
           - default
 
       - label: "x86_64:sudo: {{matrix}}"
+        # due to deb group present in matrix tar.gz and deb packages artifacts are required
         command: |
-          buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'package-it' --build ${BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_ID}
+          buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --build ${BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_ID}
           .buildkite/scripts/steps/integration_tests_tf.sh {{matrix}} true
         artifact_paths:
           - build/**
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ steps:
       - label: "arm:sudo: {{matrix}}"
         skip: true
         command: |
-          buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'package-it' --build ${BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_ID}
+          buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'packaging-ubuntu-arm64' --build ${BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_ID}
           .buildkite/scripts/steps/integration_tests_tf.sh {{matrix}} true
         artifact_paths:
           - build/**
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ steps:
       - label: "arm:non-sudo: {{matrix}}"
         skip: true
         command: |
-          buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'package-it' --build ${BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_ID}
+          buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'packaging-ubuntu-arm64' --build ${BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_ID}
           .buildkite/scripts/steps/integration_tests_tf.sh {{matrix}} false
         artifact_paths:
           - build/**
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ steps:
     steps:
       - label: "x86_64:sudo:rpm"
         command: |
-          buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'package-it' --build ${BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_ID}
+          buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --build ${BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_ID}
           .buildkite/scripts/steps/integration_tests_tf.sh rpm true
         artifact_paths:
           - build/**
diff --git a/.buildkite/integration.pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/integration.pipeline.yml
index 3095024fef..45434e62fc 100644
--- a/.buildkite/integration.pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/integration.pipeline.yml
@@ -5,33 +5,83 @@ env:
   VAULT_PATH: "kv/ci-shared/observability-ingest/cloud/gcp"
 
 steps:
-  - label: "Integration tests: packaging"
-    key: "package-it"
-    command: ".buildkite/scripts/steps/integration-package.sh"
-    artifact_paths:
-      - build/distributions/**
-    agents:
-      provider: "gcp"
-      machineType: "n1-standard-8"
+  - group: "Integration tests: packaging"
+    key: "int-packaging"
+    steps:
+      - label: "Packaging: Ubuntu x86_64"
+        key: "packaging-ubuntu-x86-64"
+        env:
+          PACKAGES: "tar.gz"
+          PLATFORMS: "linux/amd64"
+        command: ".buildkite/scripts/steps/integration-package.sh"
+        artifact_paths:
+        - build/distributions/**
+        agents:
+          provider: "gcp"
+          machineType: "n2-standard-8"
+
+      - label: "Packaging: Ubuntu arm64"
+        key: "packaging-ubuntu-arm64"
+        env:
+          PACKAGES: "tar.gz"
+          PLATFORMS: "linux/arm64"
+        command: ".buildkite/scripts/steps/integration-package.sh"
+        artifact_paths:
+          - build/distributions/**
+        agents:
+          provider: "gcp"
+          machineType: "n2-standard-8"
+
+      - label: "Packaging: Windows"
+        key: "packaging-windows"
+        env:
+          PACKAGES: "zip"
+          PLATFORMS: "windows/amd64"
+        command: ".buildkite/scripts/steps/integration-package.sh"
+        artifact_paths:
+          - build/distributions/**
+        agents:
+          provider: "gcp"
+          machineType: "n2-standard-8"
+
+      - label: "Packaging: Containers {{matrix.ext}} {{matrix.arch}}"
+        key: "packaging-containers"
+        env:
+          PACKAGES: "{{matrix.ext}}"
+          PLATFORMS: "{{matrix.arch}}"
+        command: ".buildkite/scripts/steps/integration-package.sh"
+        artifact_paths:
+          - build/distributions/**
+        agents:
+          provider: "gcp"
+          machineType: "n2-standard-8"
+        matrix:
+          setup:
+            arch:
+              - linux/amd64
+              - linux/arm64
+            ext:
+              - rpm
+              - deb
 
   - label: "Serverless integration test"
     key: "serverless-integration-tests"
     depends_on:
-      - package-it
+      - int-packaging
     concurrency_group: elastic-agent-extended-testing/serverless-integration
     concurrency: 8
     env:
       # we run each step in a different data center to spread the load
       TEST_INTEG_AUTH_GCP_DATACENTER: "us-central1-a"
     command: |
-      buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'package-it'
+      buildkite-agent artifact download "build/distributions/**" . $BUILDKITE_BUILD_ID
       .buildkite/scripts/steps/integration_tests.sh serverless integration:single TestLogIngestionFleetManaged #right now, run a single test in serverless mode as a sort of smoke test, instead of re-running the entire suite
     artifact_paths:
       - "build/TEST-**"
       - "build/diagnostics/*"
     agents:
       provider: "gcp"
-      machineType: "n1-standard-8"
+      machineType: "n2-standard-8"
     notify:
       - github_commit_status:
           context: "buildkite/elastic-agent-extended-testing - Serverless integration test"
@@ -39,46 +89,47 @@ steps:
   - label: "Extended runtime leak tests"
     key: "extended-integration-tests"
     depends_on:
-      - package-it
+      - int-packaging
     concurrency_group: elastic-agent-extended-testing/leak-tests
     concurrency: 8
     env:
       TEST_INTEG_AUTH_GCP_DATACENTER: "us-central1-b"
     command: |
-      buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'package-it'
+      buildkite-agent artifact download "build/distributions/**" . $BUILDKITE_BUILD_ID
       .buildkite/scripts/steps/integration_tests.sh stateful integration:TestForResourceLeaks
     artifact_paths:
       - "build/TEST-**"
       - "build/diagnostics/*"
     agents:
       provider: "gcp"
-      machineType: "n1-standard-8"
+      machineType: "n2-standard-8"
     notify:
       - github_commit_status:
           context: "buildkite/elastic-agent-extended-testing - Extended runtime leak tests"
 
   - label: "Triggering Integration tests"
     depends_on:
-      - package-it
+      - int-packaging
     trigger: "elastic-agent-extended-testing-bk"
     build:
       commit: "${BUILDKITE_COMMIT}"
       branch: "${BUILDKITE_BRANCH}"
 
   - label: "Serverless Beats Tests"
+    # To speedup the build process only packaging-ubuntu-x86-64 artifact dependency is required
     depends_on:
-      - package-it
+      - packaging-ubuntu-x86-64
     key: "serverless-beats-integration-tests"
     concurrency_group: elastic-agent-extended-testing/beats-integration
     concurrency: 8
     env:
       TEST_INTEG_AUTH_GCP_DATACENTER: "us-central1-a"
     command: |
-      buildkite-agent artifact download build/distributions/** . --step 'package-it'
+      buildkite-agent artifact download "build/distributions/**" . $BUILDKITE_BUILD_ID
       .buildkite/scripts/steps/beats_tests.sh
     agents:
       provider: "gcp"
-      machineType: "n1-standard-8"
+      machineType: "n2-standard-8"
     notify:
       - github_commit_status:
           context: "buildkite/elastic-agent-extended-testing - Serverless Beats Tests"
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/integration-package.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/integration-package.sh
index 623a67573b..cd58c2777a 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/integration-package.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/integration-package.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 source .buildkite/scripts/common.sh
 
-PACKAGES=tar.gz,zip,rpm,deb PLATFORMS=linux/amd64,linux/arm64,windows/amd64  SNAPSHOT=true EXTERNAL=true  mage package
+export SNAPSHOT="true"
+export EXTERNAL="true"
+
+mage package