diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1296301d103fb9b7c22578c616669feda7476a95..0e3c6cf81485717403547fae80e9ba4cf03305b1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ arm64v9:
   image: i10git.cs.fau.de:5005/pycodegen/pycodegen/arm64
   variables:
     PYSTENCILS_SIMD: "sve128,sve256,sve512,sve1024,sve2048,sve"
+    QEMU_CPU: "max,sve-default-vector-length=-1"
   before_script:
     - *multiarch_before_script
     - sed -i s/march=native/march=armv8-a+sve/g ~/.config/pystencils/config.json