diff --git a/.github/actions/build_cilium-agent/action.yaml b/.github/actions/build_cilium-agent/action.yaml
index e234739b3..9bce8b2d1 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build_cilium-agent/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/build_cilium-agent/action.yaml
@@ -30,25 +30,26 @@ runs:
         github_token: ${{ inputs.github_token }}
         request-scan: "true"
 
-    - name: Build Cilium Envoy
+    - name: Build Cilium image tools
       if: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.build }}
-      uses: ./.github/actions/build_cilium-envoy
+      uses: ./.github/actions/build_cilium-image-tools
       with:
         github_token: ${{ inputs.github_token }}
-        cilium-proxy_version: ${{ inputs.cilium-proxy_version }}
+        image-tools_version: ${{ inputs.image-tools_version }}
 
-    - name: Build Cilium image tools
+    - name: Build Cilium Envoy
       if: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.build }}
-      uses: ./.github/actions/build_cilium-image-tools
+      uses: ./.github/actions/build_cilium-envoy
       with:
         github_token: ${{ inputs.github_token }}
-        image-tools_version: ${{ inputs.image-tools_version }}
+        cilium-proxy_version: ${{ inputs.cilium-proxy_version }}
 
     - name: Build cilium-agent image and push
       if: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.build }}
       uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
       with:
         context: cilium
+        load: true
         platforms: "linux/amd64"
         provenance: false
         push: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.docker_push }}
@@ -56,6 +57,15 @@ runs:
           ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.tag }}
           ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.branch }}
 
+    - name: Test images
+      if: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.build }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        docker run --rm --entrypoint bash ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.tag }} -c 'bpftool version'
+        docker run --rm --entrypoint bash ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.tag }} -c 'clang --version'
+        docker run --rm --entrypoint bash ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.tag }} -c 'ip -V'
+        docker run --rm --entrypoint bash ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.tag }} -c 'ss -V'
+
     - name: Scan images
       if: ${{ steps.prepare.outputs.scan }}
       uses: ./.github/actions/trivy_scan
diff --git a/.github/actions/build_cilium-image-tools/action.yaml b/.github/actions/build_cilium-image-tools/action.yaml
index 3c15365b8..b3a773e74 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build_cilium-image-tools/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/build_cilium-image-tools/action.yaml
@@ -15,28 +15,8 @@ runs:
       sudo apt-get update
       sudo ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC /etc/localtime
       sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        automake \
-        binutils \
-        bison \
-        build-essential \
-        ca-certificates \
-        cmake \
-        curl \
-        flex \
-        g++ \
-        gcc-9 \
-        git \
-        libelf-dev \
-        libmnl-dev \
-        libtool \
-        make \
-        ninja-build \
-        pkg-config \
         python2 \
-        python3 \
-        python3-pip \
-        llvm \
-        unzip
+        llvm
       sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python2 1
       sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-9 2
 
@@ -47,6 +27,21 @@ runs:
       curl -sSLf https://github.com/cilium/image-tools/archive/${{ inputs.image-tools_version }}.tar.gz | \
         tar zxf - --strip-components 1 -C cilium/src/image-tools
 
+  - name: Install dependencies
+    shell: bash
+    working-directory: cilium/src/image-tools/images/compilers
+    run: |
+      # https://github.com/cilium/image-tools/blob/master/images/compilers/install-deps.sh
+      PACKAGES_FROM=$(grep -n packages= install-deps.sh | cut -d: -f1 | jq '. + 1')
+      PACKAGES_TO=$(grep -n ')' install-deps.sh | cut -d: -f1 | jq -n "[inputs | select(. >= ${PACKAGES_FROM})] | min - 1")
+      PACKAGES=$(cat install-deps.sh | sed -n ${PACKAGES_FROM},${PACKAGES_TO}p | awk '{ print $1 }' | grep -v arm64 | tr '\n' ' ')
+      sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ${PACKAGES}
+
+      PACKAGES_FROM=$(grep -n packages_amd64= install-deps.sh | cut -d: -f1 | jq '. + 1')
+      PACKAGES_TO=$(grep -n ')' install-deps.sh | cut -d: -f1 | jq -n "[inputs | select(. >= ${PACKAGES_FROM})] | min - 1")
+      PACKAGES=$(cat install-deps.sh | sed -n ${PACKAGES_FROM},${PACKAGES_TO}p | awk '{ print $1 }' | grep -v arm64 | tr '\n' ' ')
+      sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ${PACKAGES}
+
   - name: Build llvm
     shell: bash
     run: |
diff --git a/cilium/TAG b/cilium/TAG
index 1171808b7..18639a5a3 100644
--- a/cilium/TAG
+++ b/cilium/TAG
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.15.11.1-rc.1
+1.15.11.1-rc.2