diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a2ec8e2..3d01497 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
         mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
         # use pre-installed golang instead of brew
         ln -s `which go` /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/mac/super/go
-        brew install ukontainer/lkl/containerd ukontainer/lkl/nerdctl --ignore-dependencies
+        brew install ukontainer/lkl/darwin-snapshotter ukontainer/lkl/containerd ukontainer/lkl/nerdctl --ignore-dependencies
         brew install coreutils
         ln -sf /usr/local/bin/gsha256sum ~/.local/bin/sha256sum
 
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         cat /tmp/dockerd.log || true
         cat /tmp/containerd.log || true
+        cat /tmp/darwin-snapshotter.log || true
 
     - run: kind export logs logs
       if: runner.os == 'linux' && matrix.arch == 'amd64' && always()
diff --git a/test/containerd-ctr-test.sh b/test/containerd-ctr-test.sh
index bb0bf5c..ea39f51 100644
--- a/test/containerd-ctr-test.sh
+++ b/test/containerd-ctr-test.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME != "osx" ] ; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-CTR_ARGS="--rm --runtime=io.containerd.runu.v1 --fifo-dir /tmp/ctrd --env RUMP_VERBOSE=1"
+CTR_ARGS="--rm --snapshotter=sparsebundle --runtime=io.containerd.runu.v1 --fifo-dir /tmp/ctrd --env RUMP_VERBOSE=1"
 CTR_GLOBAL_OPT="--debug -a /tmp/ctrd/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
 
 sudo rm -rf /tmp/ctrd/
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ fold_start test.containerd.0 "boot containerd"
     sleep 3
     chmod 755 /tmp/ctrd
 
+    containerd-darwin-snapshotter-grpc /tmp/ctrd/run/containerd-darwin-snapshotter.sock /tmp/ctrd/var/lib/containerd/darwin > /tmp/darwin-snapshotter.log 2>&1 &
+
+
     ctr $CTR_GLOBAL_OPT version
     nerdctl $CTR_GLOBAL_OPT version
     nerdctl $CTR_GLOBAL_OPT info
diff --git a/test/containerd-nerdctl-test.sh b/test/containerd-nerdctl-test.sh
index 7a90b56..36cee24 100644
--- a/test/containerd-nerdctl-test.sh
+++ b/test/containerd-nerdctl-test.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME != "osx" ] ; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-CTR_GLOBAL_OPT="--debug -a /tmp/ctrd/run/containerd/containerd.sock --snapshotter=darwin"
-NERDCTL_ARGS="--rm --env RUMP_VERBOSE=1"
+CTR_GLOBAL_OPT="--debug -a /tmp/ctrd/run/containerd/containerd.sock --snapshotter=sparsebundle"
+NERDCTL_ARGS="--rm --env RUMP_VERBOSE=1 --net=none"
 
 
 ###
@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ create_runu_aux_dir
 fold_start test.nerdctl.5 "test alpine Linux on darwin (nerdctl)"
     sudo nerdctl $CTR_GLOBAL_OPT run $NERDCTL_ARGS \
         --env RUNU_AUX_DIR=$RUNU_AUX_DIR --env LKL_USE_9PFS=1 \
+        --platform=linux/amd64 \
         library/alpine:latest /bin/busybox ls -l
 fold_end test.nerdctl.5