diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-verilator.yml b/.github/workflows/build-verilator.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index daa2432dff0..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build-verilator.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-name: Verilator Build
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-
-jobs:
-  verilator:
-    name: Build Verilator
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          - version: v5.024
-            repo: verilator/verilator
-            commit: v5.024
-          - version: uvm
-            repo: verilator/verilator
-            commit: 7ca2d6470a
-    env:
-      TOOL_NAME: verilator
-      TOOL_VERSION: ${{ matrix.version }}
-      TOOL_REPO: ${{ matrix.repo }}
-      TOOL_COMMIT: ${{ matrix.commit }}
-      DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Setup Cache Metadata
-        id: cache_metadata
-        run: |
-          cache_date=$(date +"%Y_%m_%d")
-          cache_name=cache_${{ env.TOOL_NAME }}_${{ env.TOOL_VERSION }}_${{ env.TOOL_COMMIT }}
-          echo "Cache date: "$cache_date
-          echo "Cache name: "$cache_name
-          echo "cache_date=$cache_date" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_name=$cache_name" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Setup cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        id: cache
-        timeout-minutes: 60
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/verilator
-            /opt/verilator/.cache
-          key: ${{ env.cache_name }}_${{ env.cache_date }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ env.cache_name }}_
-
-      - name: Install prerequisities
-        if: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          sudo apt -qqy update && sudo apt -qqy --no-install-recommends install \
-          autoconf automake autotools-dev \
-          bc bison build-essential \
-          ccache curl \
-          flex \
-          gawk git gperf \
-          help2man \
-          libexpat-dev libfl-dev libfl2 libgmp-dev \
-          libmpc-dev libmpfr-dev libtool \
-          ninja-build \
-          patchutils python3 python3-pip \
-          texinfo \
-          zlib1g zlib1g-dev
-
-      - name: Build Verilator
-        if: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          export CCACHE_DIR=/opt/verilator/.cache
-          ccache --show-config | grep cache_dir
-          git clone https://github.com/${{ env.TOOL_REPO }} verilator
-          pushd verilator
-            git checkout ${{ env.TOOL_COMMIT }}
-            autoconf
-            ./configure --prefix=/opt/verilator
-            make -j `nproc`
-            make install
-          popd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4d44639cdc3..0b05b76b673 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,60 +8,36 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
 
-  Build-Verilator:
-    name: Build-Verilator
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-verilator.yml
-
-  Build-Spike:
-    name: Build-Spike
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-spike.yml
-
-  Get-Renode:
-    name: Get-Renode
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/get-renode.yml
-
-  Build-OpenOCD:
-    name: Build-OpenOCD
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-openocd.yml
-
   Test-Regression:
     name: Test-Regression
-    needs: [Build-Verilator]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test-regression.yml
 
   Test-Verification:
     name: Test-Verification
-    needs: [Build-Verilator]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test-verification.yml
 
   Test-Microarchitectural:
     name: Test-Microarchitectural
-    needs: [Build-Verilator]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test-uarch.yml
 
   Test-RISCV-DV:
     name: Test-RISCV-DV
-    needs: [Build-Verilator, Build-Spike, Get-Renode]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test-riscv-dv.yml
 
   Test-RISCOF:
     name: Test-RISCOF
-    needs: [Build-Verilator, Build-Spike]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test-riscof.yml
 
   Test-UVM:
     name: Test-UVM
-    needs: [Build-Verilator]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test-uvm.yml
 
   Test-Renode:
     name: Test-Renode
-    needs: [Get-Renode]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test-renode.yml
 
   Test-OpenOCD:
     name: Test-OpenOCD
-    needs: [Build-Verilator, Build-OpenOCD]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test-openocd.yml
 
   Report-Coverage:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/get-renode.yml b/.github/workflows/get-renode.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 57c7beeaf41..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/get-renode.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-name: Get Renode
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-
-jobs:
-
-#--------------#
-#    Renode
-#--------------#
-  renode:
-    name: Get Renode
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      TOOL_NAME: renode
-      TOOL_VERSION: 1.15.3+20240924gitc7bc336bb
-      DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Setup Cache Metadata
-        id: cache_metadata
-        run: |
-          cache_date=$(date +"%Y_%m_%d")
-          cache_name=cache_${{ env.TOOL_NAME }}_${{ env.TOOL_VERSION }}
-          echo "Cache date: "$cache_date
-          echo "Cache name: "$cache_name
-          echo "cache_date=$cache_date" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_name=$cache_name" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Setup cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        id: cache
-        timeout-minutes: 60
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/renode
-          key: ${{ env.cache_name }}_${{ env.cache_date }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ env.cache_name }}_
-
-      - name: Get Renode
-        if: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          wget https://builds.renode.io/renode-${{ env.TOOL_VERSION}}.linux-portable.tar.gz
-
-      - name: Rename the archive
-        if: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          mv ${{ github.workspace }}/renode-*.tar.gz ${{ github.workspace }}/renode.tar.gz
-
-      - name: Unpack binaries
-        if: ${{ steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          pushd /opt
-            mv ${{ github.workspace }}/renode.tar.gz .
-            mkdir -p renode
-            tar -zxvf renode.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C renode/
-          popd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-openocd.yml b/.github/workflows/test-openocd.yml
index b86675aefa8..fa64af13ae8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-openocd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-openocd.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ jobs:
   tests:
     name: Run OpenOCD tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: ghcr.io/antmicro/cores-veer-el2:latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ jobs:
     env:
       DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
       CCACHE_DIR: "/opt/openocd-tests/.cache/"
-      VERILATOR_VERSION: v5.024
 
     steps:
       - name: Install utils
@@ -31,46 +31,20 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           date=$(date +"%Y_%m_%d")
           time=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N")
-          cache_verilator_restore_key=cache_verilator_
-          cache_verilator_key=${cache_verilator_restore_key}${{ env.VERILATOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.VERILATOR_COMMIT }}
-          cache_openocd_restore_key=cache_openocd_
-          cache_openocd_key=${cache_openocd_restore_key}
           cache_test_restore_key=${{ matrix.coverage }}_
           cache_test_key=${cache_test_restore_key}${time}
           echo "date=$date" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "time=$time" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_restore_key=$cache_verilator_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_key=$cache_verilator_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_openocd_restore_key=$cache_openocd_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_openocd_key=$cache_openocd_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_restore_key=$cache_test_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_key=$cache_test_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-      - name: Restore Verilator cache
-        id: cache-verilator-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/verilator
-            /opt/verilator/.cache
-          key: ${{ env.cache_verilator_key }}
-
-      - name: Restore OpenOCD cache
-        id: cache-openocd-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/openocd
-            /opt/openocd/.cache
-          key: ${{ env.cache_openocd_key }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ env.cache_openocd_restore_key }}
-
       - name: Setup repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: recursive
 
       - name: install SiteSpawner package
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           python3 -m venv .venv
           .venv/bin/python3 -m pip install tools/SiteSpawner
@@ -79,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           python3 -m pip install tools/SiteSpawner
 
       - name: Build verilated simulation
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           export PATH=/opt/verilator/bin:/opt/openocd/bin:$PATH
           export RV_ROOT=$(pwd)
@@ -91,6 +66,7 @@ jobs:
             -f ${RV_ROOT}/testbench/openocd_scripts/jtag_cg.tcl
 
       - name: Prepare coverage data
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           export PATH=/opt/verilator/bin:$PATH
           export RV_ROOT=$(pwd)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-regression.yml b/.github/workflows/test-regression.yml
index 905331d13b9..0264c2d0bd5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-regression.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-regression.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ jobs:
   regression-tests:
     name: Regression tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: ghcr.io/antmicro/cores-veer-el2:latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         bus: ["axi", "ahb"]
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ jobs:
     env:
       DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
       CCACHE_DIR: "/opt/regression/.cache/"
-      VERILATOR_VERSION: v5.024
 
     steps:
       - name: Install utils
@@ -37,28 +37,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           date=$(date +"%Y_%m_%d")
           time=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N")
-          cache_verilator_restore_key=cache_verilator_
-          cache_verilator_key=${cache_verilator_restore_key}${{ env.VERILATOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.VERILATOR_COMMIT }}
           cache_test_restore_key=${{ matrix.test }}_${{ matrix.coverage }}_
           cache_test_key=${cache_test_restore_key}${time}
 
           echo "date=$date" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "time=$time" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_restore_key=$cache_verilator_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_key=$cache_verilator_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_restore_key=$cache_test_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_key=$cache_test_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-
-      - name: Restore verilator cache
-        id: cache-verilator-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/verilator
-            /opt/verilator/.cache
-          key: ${{ env.cache_verilator_key }}
-
       - name: Setup tests cache
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         id: cache-test-setup
@@ -74,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
 
       - name: install SiteSpawner package
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           python3 -m venv .venv
           .venv/bin/python3 -m pip install tools/SiteSpawner
@@ -82,6 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           python3 -m pip install tools/SiteSpawner
 
       - name: Setup environment
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           echo "/opt/verilator/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
           RV_ROOT=`pwd`
@@ -92,13 +80,16 @@ jobs:
           echo "TEST_PATH=$TEST_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Run tests
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           export PATH=/opt/verilator/bin:$PATH
           export RV_ROOT=`pwd`
           .github/scripts/run_regression_test.sh $TEST_PATH ${{ matrix.bus }} ${{ matrix.test}} ${{ matrix.coverage }} ${{ matrix.priv }}
 
       - name: Prepare coverage data
+        shell: bash
         run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
           sis -d convert --dat-dir ${TEST_PATH}/
           mkdir -p results
           mv ${TEST_PATH}/coverage.info \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-renode.yml b/.github/workflows/test-renode.yml
index 159e394ee4f..fad11edf576 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-renode.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-renode.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: ghcr.io/antmicro/cores-veer-el2:latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
     env:
-      RENODE_VERSION: latest
       DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
     steps:
       - name: Clone repository
@@ -17,29 +17,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
 
-      - name: Setup Cache Metadata
-        id: cache_metadata
-        run: |
-          date=$(date +"%Y_%m_%d")
-          time=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N")
-          cache_renode_restore_key=cache_renode_
-          cache_renode_key=${cache_renode_restore_key}${{ env.RENODE_VERSION }}
-
-          echo "date=$date" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "time=$time" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_renode_restore_key=$cache_renode_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_renode_key=$cache_renode_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Restore Renode cache
-        id: cache-renode-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/renode
-          key: ${{ env.cache_renode_key }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ env.cache_renode_restore_key }}
-          fail-on-cache-miss: true
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt -qqy update && sudo apt -qqy --no-install-recommends install \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-riscof.yml b/.github/workflows/test-riscof.yml
index cf41ee62984..9d262df12a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-riscof.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-riscof.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ jobs:
   tests:
     name: Run RISCOF tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: ghcr.io/antmicro/cores-veer-el2:latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -16,8 +17,6 @@ jobs:
     env:
       DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
       CCACHE_DIR: "/opt/riscof/.cache/"
-      VERILATOR_VERSION: v5.024
-      SPIKE_VERSION: d70ea67d
 
     steps:
       - name: Install utils
@@ -32,40 +31,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           date=$(date +"%Y_%m_%d")
           time=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N")
-          cache_verilator_restore_key=cache_verilator_
-          cache_verilator_key=${cache_verilator_restore_key}${{ env.VERILATOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.VERILATOR_COMMIT }}
-          cache_spike_restore_key=cache_spike_
-          cache_spike_key=${cache_spike_restore_key}${{ env.SPIKE_VERSION }}
           cache_test_restore_key=${{ matrix.test }}_${{ matrix.coverage }}_
           cache_test_key=${cache_test_restore_key}${time}
           echo "date=$date" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "time=$time" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_restore_key=$cache_verilator_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_key=$cache_verilator_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_spike_restore_key=$cache_spike_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_spike_key=$cache_spike_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_restore_key=$cache_test_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_key=$cache_test_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-      - name: Restore Verilator cache
-        id: cache-verilator-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/verilator
-            /opt/verilator/.cache
-          key: ${{ env.cache_verilator_key }}
-
-      - name: Restore Spike cache
-        id: cache-spike-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/spike
-            /opt/spike/.cache
-          key: ${{ env.cache_spike_key }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ env.cache_spike_restore_key }}
-
       - name: Setup tests cache
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         id: cache-test-setup
@@ -96,6 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
 
       - name: install SiteSpawner package
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           python3 -m venv .venv
           .venv/bin/python3 -m pip install tools/SiteSpawner
@@ -108,6 +81,7 @@ jobs:
           pip3 install git+https://github.com/riscv/riscof@a25e315
 
       - name: Clone tests
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           mkdir -p riscof
           pushd riscof
@@ -118,6 +92,7 @@ jobs:
           popd
 
       - name: Configure RISCOF
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           pushd riscof
             # Copy RISCOF configuration
@@ -129,6 +104,7 @@ jobs:
           popd
 
       - name: Build VeeR model
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           export PATH=/opt/verilator/bin:$PATH
           export RV_ROOT=`pwd`
@@ -142,6 +118,7 @@ jobs:
           popd
 
       - name: Run tests, collect coverage
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           export PATH=/opt/verilator/bin:/opt/spike/bin:$PATH
           pushd riscof
@@ -151,6 +128,7 @@ jobs:
           popd
 
       - name: Prepare coverage data
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           export PATH=/opt/verilator/bin:$PATH
           sis -d convert --dat-dir riscof/coverage/
@@ -158,8 +136,9 @@ jobs:
              riscof/coverage/coverage_riscof_${{matrix.priv}}_${{ matrix.coverage }}.info
 
       - name: Prepare report
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          PYTEST_STYLE_SRC_DIR=${{ github.workspace }}/.github/scripts/pytest/
+          PYTEST_STYLE_SRC_DIR=$(pwd)/.github/scripts/pytest/
           PYTEST_CSS=${PYTEST_STYLE_SRC_DIR}/css/styles.css
           pushd riscof/riscof_work
             bash ${PYTEST_STYLE_SRC_DIR}/style_pytest_report.sh ${PYTEST_STYLE_SRC_DIR} . report.html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-riscv-dv.yml b/.github/workflows/test-riscv-dv.yml
index fae8f5b9fc9..16afe199f1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-riscv-dv.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-riscv-dv.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate code (pyflow)
         if: steps.cache-code.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' && matrix.version == 'pyflow'
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           export RV_ROOT=`realpath .`
           pushd tools/riscv-dv
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ jobs:
   run-tests:
     name: Run RISC-V DV tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: ghcr.io/antmicro/cores-veer-el2:latest
     needs: [ generate-config, generate-code ]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -127,9 +129,6 @@ jobs:
     env:
       DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
       CCACHE_DIR: "/opt/riscv-dv/.cache/"
-      VERILATOR_VERSION: v5.024
-      SPIKE_VERSION: d70ea67d
-      RENODE_VERSION: latest
       CACHE_HASH: ${{ needs.generate-config.outputs.hash }}
 
     steps:
@@ -143,6 +142,7 @@ jobs:
       # As of July 9th, 2024 `ubuntu:latest` comes with riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc
       # 10.0.2. We need a newer version for bitmanip extension support.
       - name: Install cross-compiler
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble main universe" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null
           sudo apt -qqy update && sudo apt -qqy --no-install-recommends install \
@@ -154,66 +154,23 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           date=$(date +"%Y_%m_%d")
           time=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N")
-          cache_verilator_restore_key=cache_verilator_
-          cache_verilator_key=${cache_verilator_restore_key}${{ env.VERILATOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.VERILATOR_COMMIT }}
-          cache_spike_restore_key=cache_spike_
-          cache_spike_key=${cache_spike_restore_key}${{ env.SPIKE_VERSION }}
-          cache_renode_restore_key=cache_renode_
-          cache_renode_key=${cache_renode_restore_key}${{ env.RENODE_VERSION }}
           cache_test_restore_key=${{ matrix.test }}_${{ matrix.coverage }}_
           cache_test_key=${cache_test_restore_key}${time}
           cache_code=cache_${{ matrix.test }}_${{ matrix.version }}
 
           echo "date=$date" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "time=$time" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_restore_key=$cache_verilator_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_key=$cache_verilator_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_spike_restore_key=$cache_spike_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_spike_key=$cache_spike_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_renode_restore_key=$cache_renode_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_renode_key=$cache_renode_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_restore_key=$cache_test_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_key=$cache_test_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_code=${cache_code}_${{ env.CACHE_HASH }}" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-      - name: Restore verilator cache
-        id: cache-verilator-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/verilator
-            /opt/verilator/.cache
-          key: ${{ env.cache_verilator_key }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ env.cache_verilator_restore_key }}
-          fail-on-cache-miss: true
-
-      - name: Restore Spike cache
-        id: cache-spike-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/spike
-            /opt/spike/.cache
-          key: ${{ env.cache_spike_key }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ env.cache_spike_restore_key }}
-          fail-on-cache-miss: true
-
-      - name: Restore Renode cache
-        id: cache-renode-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/renode
-          key: ${{ env.cache_renode_key }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ env.cache_renode_restore_key }}
-          fail-on-cache-miss: true
-
       - name: Setup repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: recursive
 
       - name: install SiteSpawner package
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           python3 -m venv .venv
           .venv/bin/python3 -m pip install tools/SiteSpawner
@@ -240,17 +197,16 @@ jobs:
           key: cache_tests_${{ steps.cache_timestamp.outputs.time }}
           restore-keys: cache_tests_
 
-      - name: Cache Code Restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        id: cache-code-restore
-        timeout-minutes: 60
+      - name: Download Code Artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          path: tools/riscv-dv/work/test_${{ matrix.test }}/asm_test
-          key: ${{ env.cache_code }}
-          fail-on-cache-miss: true
+          name: riscv-dv_generated_code_${{ matrix.version }}
+          path: tools/riscv-dv/work/
 
       - name: Run test
+        shell: bash
         run: |
+          ls tools/riscv-dv/work
           export PATH=/opt/verilator/bin:$PATH
           export RV_ROOT=`realpath .`
           export RISCV_GCC=riscv64-unknown-elf-gcc
@@ -313,8 +269,6 @@ jobs:
     env:
       DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
       CCACHE_DIR: "/opt/riscv-dv/.cache/"
-      VERILATOR_VERSION: v5.024
-      SPIKE_VERSION: d70ea67d
       GHA_EXTERNAL_DISK: additional-tools
       GHA_SA: gh-sa-veer-uploader
       CACHE_HASH: ${{ needs.generate-config.outputs.hash }}
@@ -336,48 +290,16 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           date=$(date +"%Y_%m_%d")
           time=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N")
-          cache_verilator_restore_key=cache_verilator_
-          cache_verilator_key=${cache_verilator_restore_key}${{ env.VERILATOR_VERSION }}
-          cache_spike_restore_key=cache_spike_
-          cache_spike_key=${cache_spike_restore_key}${{ env.SPIKE_VERSION }}
-          cache_renode_restore_key=cache_renode_
-          cache_renode_key=${cache_renode_restore_key}${{ env.RENODE_VERSION }}
           cache_test_restore_key=${{ matrix.test }}_${{ matrix.coverage }}_
           cache_test_key=${cache_test_restore_key}${time}
           cache_code=cache_${{ matrix.test }}_${{ matrix.version }}
 
           echo "date=$date" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "time=$time" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_restore_key=$cache_verilator_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_key=$cache_verilator_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_spike_restore_key=$cache_spike_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_spike_key=$cache_spike_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_renode_restore_key=$cache_renode_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_renode_key=$cache_renode_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_restore_key=$cache_test_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_key=$cache_test_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_code=${cache_code}_${{ env.CACHE_HASH }}" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-      - name: Restore verilator cache
-        id: cache-verilator-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/verilator
-            /opt/verilator/.cache
-          key: ${{ env.cache_verilator_key }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ env.cache_verilator_restore_key }}
-
-      - name: Restore Spike cache
-        id: cache-spike-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/spike
-            /opt/spike/.cache
-          key: ${{ env.cache_spike_key }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ env.cache_spike_restore_key }}
-
       - name: Cache Code Restore
         uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
         id: cache-code-restore
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-uarch.yml b/.github/workflows/test-uarch.yml
index 1b1f5ca56ba..a6844d6036e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-uarch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-uarch.yml
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ name: VeeR-EL2 Microarchitectural tests
 on:
   workflow_call:
 
-env:
-  VERILATOR_VERSION: v5.024
-
 jobs:
   lint:
     name: Lint microarchitectural tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: ghcr.io/antmicro/cores-veer-el2:latest
     steps:
       - name: Setup repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -17,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Setup environment
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           RV_ROOT=`pwd`
           echo "RV_ROOT=$RV_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -26,15 +25,20 @@ jobs:
           TEST_PATH=$RV_ROOT/verification/block
           echo "TEST_PATH=$TEST_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-          pip3 install nox
+          python3 -m venv .venv
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          python3 -m pip install nox
       - name: Lint
+        shell: bash
         run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
           pushd ${TEST_PATH}
             nox -s test_lint
           popd
   tests:
     name: Microarchitectural tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: ghcr.io/antmicro/cores-veer-el2:latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         test:
@@ -56,7 +60,6 @@ jobs:
           - "block/lsu_tl"
     env:
       CCACHE_DIR: "/opt/verification/.cache/"
-      VERILATOR_VERSION: v5.024
       DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
     steps:
       - name: Setup repository
@@ -65,39 +68,27 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
 
       - name: install SiteSpawner package
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           python3 -m venv .venv
-          .venv/bin/python3 -m pip install tools/SiteSpawner
           source .venv/bin/activate
-          echo "PATH=$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           python3 -m pip install tools/SiteSpawner
+          python3 -m pip install meson nox
 
       - name: Setup Cache Metadata
         id: cache_metadata
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           date=$(date +"%Y_%m_%d")
           time=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N")
-          cache_verilator_restore_key=cache_verilator_
-          cache_verilator_key=${cache_verilator_restore_key}${{ env.VERILATOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.VERILATOR_COMMIT }}
           cache_test_restore_key=uarch_${{ matrix.test }}_${{ matrix.coverage }}_
           cache_test_key=${cache_test_restore_key}${time}
 
           echo "date=$date" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "time=$time" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_restore_key=$cache_verilator_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_key=$cache_verilator_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_restore_key=$cache_test_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_key=$cache_test_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-      - name: Restore verilator cache
-        id: cache-verilator-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/verilator
-            /opt/verilator/.cache
-          key: ${{ env.cache_verilator_key }}
-
       - name: Setup tests cache
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         id: cache-test-setup
@@ -125,6 +116,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo cpanm Bit::Vector
 
       - name: Setup environment
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           echo "/opt/verilator/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
           RV_ROOT=`pwd`
@@ -143,17 +135,19 @@ jobs:
           # Fix random generator seed
           echo "RANDOM_SEED=1377424946" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-          pip3 install meson nox
-
       - name: Run ${{ matrix.test }}
+        shell: bash
         run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
           pushd ${TEST_PATH}
             nox -s ${TEST_NAME}_verify
           popd
 
       - name: Prepare coverage data
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           export PATH=/opt/verilator/bin:$PATH
+          source .venv/bin/activate
           sis -d convert --dat-dir ${TEST_PATH}/${TEST_NAME}/
           mkdir -p results
           mv ${TEST_PATH}/${TEST_NAME}/*.info results/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-uvm.yml b/.github/workflows/test-uvm.yml
index dda98a5d8bb..5d089b67d24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-uvm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-uvm.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ jobs:
   tests:
     name: UVM tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: ghcr.io/antmicro/cores-veer-el2:latest
     env:
       CCACHE_DIR: "/opt/uvm/.cache/"
-      VERILATOR_VERSION: uvm
-      VERILATOR_COMMIT: 7ca2d6470a
       DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
     steps:
       - name: Setup repository
@@ -23,28 +22,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           date=$(date +"%Y_%m_%d")
           time=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N")
-          cache_verilator_restore_key=cache_verilator_
-          cache_verilator_key=${cache_verilator_restore_key}${{ env.VERILATOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.VERILATOR_COMMIT }}
           cache_test_restore_key=${{ matrix.test }}_${{ matrix.coverage }}_
           cache_test_key=${cache_test_restore_key}${time}
 
           echo "date=$date" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "time=$time" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_restore_key=$cache_verilator_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_key=$cache_verilator_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_restore_key=$cache_test_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_key=$cache_test_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-
-      - name: Restore verilator cache
-        id: cache-verilator-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/verilator
-            /opt/verilator/.cache
-          key: ${{ env.cache_verilator_key }}
-
       - name: Setup tests cache
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         id: cache-test-setup
@@ -62,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup environment
         run: |
-          echo "/opt/verilator/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          echo "/opt/verilator_uvm/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
           RV_ROOT=`pwd`
           echo "RV_ROOT=$RV_ROOT" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-verification.yml b/.github/workflows/test-verification.yml
index 252e2bcd867..e13d95d364b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-verification.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-verification.yml
@@ -3,21 +3,18 @@ name: VeeR-EL2 verification
 on:
   workflow_call:
 
-env:
-  VERILATOR_VERSION: v5.024
-
 jobs:
   tests:
     name: Verification tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: ghcr.io/antmicro/cores-veer-el2:latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         test: ["test_pyuvm"]
         coverage: ["all", "branch", "toggle"] #TODO: add functional coverage
     env:
-      CCACHE_DIR: "/opt/verification/.cache/"
-      VERILATOR_VERSION: v5.024
       DEBIAN_FRONTEND: "noninteractive"
+      CCACHE_DIR: "/opt/regression/.cache/"
     steps:
       - name: Setup repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -25,40 +22,26 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
 
       - name: install SiteSpawner package
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           python3 -m venv .venv
-          .venv/bin/python3 -m pip install tools/SiteSpawner
           source .venv/bin/activate
-          echo "PATH=$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           python3 -m pip install tools/SiteSpawner
 
       - name: Setup Cache Metadata
         id: cache_metadata
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           date=$(date +"%Y_%m_%d")
           time=$(date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_%N")
-          cache_verilator_restore_key=cache_verilator_
-          cache_verilator_key=${cache_verilator_restore_key}${{ env.VERILATOR_VERSION }}_${{ env.VERILATOR_COMMIT }}
           cache_test_restore_key=${{ matrix.test }}_${{ matrix.coverage }}_
           cache_test_key=${cache_test_restore_key}${time}
 
           echo "date=$date" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "time=$time" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_restore_key=$cache_verilator_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          echo "cache_verilator_key=$cache_verilator_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_restore_key=$cache_test_restore_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "cache_test_key=$cache_test_key" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-
-      - name: Restore verilator cache
-        id: cache-verilator-restore
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /opt/verilator
-            /opt/verilator/.cache
-          key: ${{ env.cache_verilator_key }}
-
       - name: Setup tests cache
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         id: cache-test-setup
@@ -86,6 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo cpanm Bit::Vector
 
       - name: Setup environment
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           echo "/opt/verilator/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
           RV_ROOT=`pwd`
@@ -95,11 +79,14 @@ jobs:
           TEST_PATH=$RV_ROOT/verification/top/${{ matrix.test }}
           echo "TEST_PATH=$TEST_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
+
       - name: Run ${{ matrix.test }}
+        shell: bash
         run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
           pip3 install meson
           pip3 install -r $RV_ROOT/verification/top/requirements.txt
-          PYTEST_STYLE_SRC_DIR=${{ github.workspace }}/.github/scripts/pytest/
+          PYTEST_STYLE_SRC_DIR=$RV_ROOT/.github/scripts/pytest/
           PYTEST_CSS=${PYTEST_STYLE_SRC_DIR}/css/styles.css
           HTML_FILE=${{ matrix.test }}_${{ matrix.COVERAGE }}.html
           pushd ${TEST_PATH}
@@ -108,18 +95,22 @@ jobs:
           popd
 
       - name: Prepare pytest-html data
+        shell: bash
         run: |
-          pushd ${{ github.workspace }}
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          pushd $RV_ROOT
             WEBPAGE_DIR=webpage_${{ matrix.test }}_${{ matrix.COVERAGE }}
             mkdir -p $WEBPAGE_DIR
             mv ${TEST_PATH}/${{ matrix.test }}_${{ matrix.COVERAGE }}.html $WEBPAGE_DIR
             mv ${TEST_PATH}/assets $WEBPAGE_DIR
-            JS_SCRIPT_DIR=${{ github.workspace }}/.github/scripts/pytest/script
+            JS_SCRIPT_DIR=$RV_ROOT/.github/scripts/pytest/script
             mv $JS_SCRIPT_DIR $WEBPAGE_DIR
           popd
 
       - name: Prepare coverage data
+        shell: bash
         run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
           export PATH=/opt/verilator/bin:$PATH
           sis -d convert --dat-dir ${TEST_PATH}
           mkdir -p results