diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yaml b/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a266120e20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: "Setup environment"
+description: "Performs common setup operations."
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+      - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
+        uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
+
+      - name: Get go version
+        id: golangversion
+        run: |
+          echo "go_version=$(cat .go-version)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        id: go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ steps.golangversion.outputs.go_version }}
+          check-latest: true
+
+      - name: Install kind
+        run: sudo make install INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Install kubectl
+        run: |
+          curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -sL https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
+          chmod +x ./kubectl
+          sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Enable ipv4 and ipv6 forwarding
+        run: |
+          sudo sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
+          sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
+        shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
index 1b7872c037..a2f12290be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
@@ -25,34 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       JOB_NAME: "docker-${{ matrix.deployment }}-${{ matrix.ipFamily }}"
       IP_FAMILY: ${{ matrix.ipFamily }}
     steps:
-      - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
-
-      - name: Get go version
-        id: golangversion
-        run: |
-          echo "go_version=$(cat .go-version)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Set up Go
-        id: go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ steps.golangversion.outputs.go_version }}
-          check-latest: true
-
-      - name: Install kind
-        run: sudo make install INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin
-
-      - name: Install kubectl
-        run: |
-          curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -sL https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
-          chmod +x ./kubectl
-          sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
-
-      - name: Enable ipv4 and ipv6 forwarding
-        run: |
-          sudo sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
-          sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-env
 
       - name: Create single node cluster
         if: ${{ matrix.deployment == 'singleNode' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nerdctl.yaml b/.github/workflows/nerdctl.yaml
index 32476891f3..a657960e98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nerdctl.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nerdctl.yaml
@@ -29,36 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       NERDCTL_VERSION: "1.7.4"
       KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_PROVIDER: "nerdctl"
     steps:
-      - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Get go version
-        id: golangversion
-        run: |
-          echo "go_version=$(cat .go-version)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Set up Go
-        id: go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ steps.golangversion.outputs.go_version }}
-          check-latest: true
-
-      - name: Install kind
-        run: sudo make install INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin
-
-      - name: Install kubectl
-        run: |
-          curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -sL https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
-          chmod +x ./kubectl
-          sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
-
-      - name: Enable ipv4 and ipv6 forwarding
-        run: |
-          sudo sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
-          sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-env
 
       - name: Install nerdctl
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/podman.yml b/.github/workflows/podman.yml
index 7f5d37d3ff..70aea51f47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/podman.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/podman.yml
@@ -29,36 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       IP_FAMILY: ${{ matrix.ipFamily }}
       PODMAN_VERSION: "stable"
     steps:
-      - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
-        uses: actions/checkout@a5ac7e51b41094c92402da3b24376905380afc29 # v4.1.6
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Get go version
-        id: golangversion
-        run: |
-          echo "go_version=$(cat .go-version)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Set up Go
-        id: go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ steps.golangversion.outputs.go_version }}
-          check-latest: true
-
-      - name: Install kind
-        run: sudo make install INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin
-
-      - name: Install kubectl
-        run: |
-          curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -sL https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
-          chmod +x ./kubectl
-          sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
-
-      - name: Enable ipv4 and ipv6 forwarding
-        run: |
-          sudo sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
-          sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-env
 
       - name: Setup podman
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vm.yaml b/.github/workflows/vm.yaml
index 1b74eb703f..f176a7c63c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vm.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vm.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: VM
+name: CGroupv2
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch: