diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
index 24015d6338696..76a48ac7d5df0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@ name: Integration tests
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - 'master'
-      - 'release-*'
-      - '!release-1.4'
-      - '!release-1.5'
+      - 'sync-*'
+      # - 'master'
+      # - 'release-*'
+      # - '!release-1.4'
+      # - '!release-1.5'
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - 'master'
-      - 'release-*'
+      - 'sync-*'
+      # - 'master'
+      # - 'release-*'
 
 env:
   # Golang version to use across CI steps
@@ -31,8 +33,8 @@ jobs:
       frontend: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.frontend_any_changed }}
       docs: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.docs_any_changed }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
-      - uses: tj-actions/changed-files@e0021407031f5be11a464abee9a0776171c79891 # v47.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+      - uses: tj-actions/changed-files@ed68ef82c095e0d48ec87eccea555d944a631a4c # v46.0.5
         id: filter
         with:
           # Any file which is not under docs/, ui/ or is not a markdown file is counted as a backend file
@@ -55,9 +57,9 @@ jobs:
       - changes
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
       - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5.5.0
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
       - name: Download all Go modules
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           go mod tidy
           git diff --exit-code -- .
+
   build-go:
     name: Build & cache Go code
     if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' }}
@@ -75,13 +78,13 @@ jobs:
       - changes
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
       - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5.5.0
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
       - name: Restore go build cache
-        uses: actions/cache@a7833574556fa59680c1b7cb190c1735db73ebf0 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/go-build
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-build-v1-${{ github.run_id }}
@@ -102,16 +105,16 @@ jobs:
       - changes
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
       - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4b73464bb391d4059bd26b0524d20df3927bd417 # v6.3.0
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
       - name: Run golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@1e7e51e771db61008b38414a730f564565cf7c20 # v9.2.0
         with:
-          # renovate: datasource=go packageName=github.com/golangci/golangci-lint versioning=regex:^v(?<major>\d+)\.(?<minor>\d+)\.(?<patch>\d+)?$
-          version: v2.5.0
+          # renovate: datasource=go packageName=github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2 versioning=regex:^v(?<major>\d+)\.(?<minor>\d+)\.(?<patch>\d+)?$
+          version: v2.7.2
           args: --verbose
 
   test-go:
@@ -128,11 +131,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create checkout directory
         run: mkdir -p ~/go/src/github.com/argoproj
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
       - name: Create symlink in GOPATH
         run: ln -s $(pwd) ~/go/src/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
       - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5.5.0
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
       - name: Install required packages
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
       - name: Restore go build cache
-        uses: actions/cache@a7833574556fa59680c1b7cb190c1735db73ebf0 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/go-build
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-build-v1-${{ github.run_id }}
@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run all unit tests
         run: make test-local
       - name: Generate test results artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: test-results
           path: test-results
@@ -192,11 +195,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create checkout directory
         run: mkdir -p ~/go/src/github.com/argoproj
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
       - name: Create symlink in GOPATH
         run: ln -s $(pwd) ~/go/src/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
       - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5.5.0
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
       - name: Install required packages
@@ -216,7 +219,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
       - name: Restore go build cache
-        uses: actions/cache@a7833574556fa59680c1b7cb190c1735db73ebf0 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/go-build
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-build-v1-${{ github.run_id }}
@@ -237,7 +240,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run all unit tests
         run: make test-race-local
       - name: Generate test results artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: race-results
           path: test-results/
@@ -250,16 +253,15 @@ jobs:
       - changes
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
       - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5.5.0
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
       - name: Create symlink in GOPATH
-        # generalizing repo name for forks:  ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
         run: |
           mkdir -p ~/go/src/github.com/argoproj
-          cp -a ../${{ github.event.repository.name }} ~/go/src/github.com/argoproj
+          cp -a ../argo-cd ~/go/src/github.com/argoproj
       - name: Add ~/go/bin to PATH
         run: |
           echo "/home/runner/go/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
@@ -271,14 +273,12 @@ jobs:
           # We need to vendor go modules for codegen yet
           go mod download
           go mod vendor -v
-        # generalizing repo name for forks:  ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-        working-directory: /home/runner/go/src/github.com/argoproj/${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+        working-directory: /home/runner/go/src/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
       - name: Install toolchain for codegen
         run: |
           make install-codegen-tools-local
           make install-go-tools-local
-        # generalizing repo name for forks:  ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-        working-directory: /home/runner/go/src/github.com/argoproj/${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+        working-directory: /home/runner/go/src/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
         # We install kustomize in the dist directory
       - name: Add dist to PATH
         run: |
@@ -289,14 +289,12 @@ jobs:
           export GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)
           git checkout -- go.mod go.sum
           make codegen-local
-        # generalizing repo name for forks:  ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-        working-directory: /home/runner/go/src/github.com/argoproj/${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+        working-directory: /home/runner/go/src/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
       - name: Check nothing has changed
         run: |
           set -xo pipefail
           git diff --exit-code -- . ':!go.sum' ':!go.mod' ':!assets/swagger.json' | tee codegen.patch
-        # generalizing repo name for forks:  ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
-        working-directory: /home/runner/go/src/github.com/argoproj/${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+        working-directory: /home/runner/go/src/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
 
   build-ui:
     name: Build, test & lint UI code
@@ -307,15 +305,15 @@ jobs:
       - changes
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
       - name: Setup NodeJS
-        uses: actions/setup-node@395ad3262231945c25e8478fd5baf05154b1d79f # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
         with:
           # renovate: datasource=node-version packageName=node versioning=node
           node-version: '22.9.0'
       - name: Restore node dependency cache
         id: cache-dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@a7833574556fa59680c1b7cb190c1735db73ebf0 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
         with:
           path: ui/node_modules
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-dep-v2-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
@@ -340,10 +338,10 @@ jobs:
   shellcheck:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
       - run: |
           sudo apt-get install shellcheck
-          shellcheck -e SC2059 -e SC2154 -e SC2034 -e SC2016 -e SC1091 $(find . -type f -name '*.sh' | grep -v './ui/node_modules') | tee sc.log
+          shellcheck -e SC2086 -e SC2046 -e SC2068 -e SC2206 -e SC2048 -e SC2059 -e SC2154 -e SC2034 -e SC2016 -e SC2128 -e SC1091 -e SC2207  $(find . -type f -name '*.sh') | tee sc.log
           test ! -s sc.log
 
   analyze:
@@ -359,12 +357,12 @@ jobs:
       sonar_secret: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Restore node dependency cache
         id: cache-dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@a7833574556fa59680c1b7cb190c1735db73ebf0 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
         with:
           path: ui/node_modules
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-dep-v2-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
@@ -372,12 +370,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           rm -rf ui/node_modules/argo-ui/node_modules
       - name: Get e2e code coverage
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
         with:
           name: e2e-code-coverage
           path: e2e-code-coverage
       - name: Get unit test code coverage
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@018cc2cf5baa6db3ef3c5f8a56943fffe632ef53 # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093 # v4.3.0
         with:
           name: test-results
           path: test-results
@@ -389,14 +387,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           go tool covdata percent -i=test-results,e2e-code-coverage/applicationset-controller,e2e-code-coverage/repo-server,e2e-code-coverage/app-controller,e2e-code-coverage/commit-server -o test-results/full-coverage.out
       - name: Upload code coverage information to codecov.io
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@671740ac38dd9b0130fbe1cec585b89eea48d3de # v5.5.2
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@18283e04ce6e62d37312384ff67231eb8fd56d24 # v5.4.3
         with:
           files: test-results/full-coverage.out
           fail_ci_if_error: true
         env:
           CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
       - name: Upload test results to Codecov
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && github.event_name == 'push' && github.repository == 'argoproj/argo-cd'
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/sync-') && github.event_name == 'push' && github.repository == 'codefresh-io/argo-cd'
         uses: codecov/test-results-action@47f89e9acb64b76debcd5ea40642d25a4adced9f # v1.1.1
         with:
           file: test-results/junit.xml
@@ -406,31 +404,35 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
-        uses: SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action@a31c9398be7ace6bbfaf30c0bd5d415f843d45e9 # v7.0.0
-        if: env.sonar_secret != ''
+        uses: SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action@2500896589ef8f7247069a56136f8dc177c27ccf # v5.2.0
+        if: false && env.sonar_secret != ''
   test-e2e:
     name: Run end-to-end tests
     if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' }}
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'argoproj/argo-cd' && 'oracle-vm-16cpu-64gb-x86-64' || 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         # latest: true means that this version mush upload the coverage report to codecov.io
         # We designate the latest version because we only collect code coverage for that version.
         k3s:
-          - version: v1.34.2
-            latest: true
           - version: v1.33.1
-            latest: false
+            latest: true
           - version: v1.32.1
             latest: false
           - version: v1.31.0
             latest: false
+          - version: v1.30.4
+            latest: false
     needs:
       - build-go
       - changes
     env:
+      GOPATH: /home/runner/go
       ARGOCD_FAKE_IN_CLUSTER: 'true'
+      ARGOCD_SSH_DATA_PATH: '/tmp/argo-e2e/app/config/ssh'
+      ARGOCD_TLS_DATA_PATH: '/tmp/argo-e2e/app/config/tls'
+      ARGOCD_E2E_SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS: '../fixture/certs/ssh_known_hosts'
       ARGOCD_E2E_K3S: 'true'
       ARGOCD_IN_CI: 'true'
       ARGOCD_E2E_APISERVER_PORT: '8088'
@@ -447,14 +449,11 @@ jobs:
           swap-storage: false
           tool-cache: false
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
       - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5.5.0
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
-      - name: Set GOPATH
-        run: |
-          echo "GOPATH=$HOME/go" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: GH actions workaround - Kill XSP4 process
         run: |
           sudo pkill mono || true
@@ -465,19 +464,19 @@ jobs:
           set -x
           curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | sh -
           sudo chmod -R a+rw /etc/rancher/k3s
-          sudo mkdir -p $HOME/.kube && sudo chown -R $(whoami) $HOME/.kube
+          sudo mkdir -p $HOME/.kube && sudo chown -R runner $HOME/.kube
           sudo k3s kubectl config view --raw > $HOME/.kube/config
-          sudo chown $(whoami) $HOME/.kube/config
+          sudo chown runner $HOME/.kube/config
           sudo chmod go-r $HOME/.kube/config
           kubectl version
       - name: Restore go build cache
-        uses: actions/cache@a7833574556fa59680c1b7cb190c1735db73ebf0 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/go-build
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-build-v1-${{ github.run_id }}
       - name: Add ~/go/bin to PATH
         run: |
-          echo "$HOME/go/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          echo "/home/runner/go/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
       - name: Add /usr/local/bin to PATH
         run: |
           echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
@@ -499,11 +498,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           docker pull ghcr.io/dexidp/dex:v2.43.0
           docker pull argoproj/argo-cd-ci-builder:v1.0.0
-          docker pull redis:8.2.3-alpine
+          docker pull redis:8.2.2-alpine
       - name: Create target directory for binaries in the build-process
         run: |
           mkdir -p dist
-          chown $(whoami) dist
+          chown runner dist
       - name: Run E2E server and wait for it being available
         timeout-minutes: 30
         run: |
@@ -529,13 +528,13 @@ jobs:
           goreman run stop-all || echo "goreman trouble"
           sleep 30
       - name: Upload e2e coverage report
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: e2e-code-coverage
           path: /tmp/coverage
         if: ${{ matrix.k3s.latest }}
       - name: Upload e2e-server logs
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
         with:
           name: e2e-server-k8s${{ matrix.k3s.version }}.log
           path: /tmp/e2e-server.log
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fc3eeb64020b6..80cd9e3911ae8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
     unzip \
     fcgiwrap \
     git \
-    git-lfs \
     make \
     wget \
     gcc \
@@ -29,7 +28,8 @@ COPY hack/install.sh hack/tool-versions.sh ./
 COPY hack/installers installers
 
 RUN ./install.sh helm && \
-    INSTALL_PATH=/usr/local/bin ./install.sh kustomize
+    INSTALL_PATH=/usr/local/bin ./install.sh kustomize && \
+    ./install.sh git-lfs
 
 ####################################################################################################
 # Argo CD Base - used as the base for both the release and dev argocd images
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ RUN groupadd -g $ARGOCD_USER_ID argocd && \
     apt-get update && \
     apt-get dist-upgrade -y && \
     apt-get install -y \
-    git git-lfs tini gpg tzdata connect-proxy && \
+    git tini gpg tzdata connect-proxy && \
     apt-get clean && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
 
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ COPY hack/gpg-wrapper.sh \
     /usr/local/bin/
 COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bin/helm /usr/local/bin/helm
 COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bin/kustomize /usr/local/bin/kustomize
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bin/git-lfs /usr/local/bin/git-lfs
 
 # keep uid_entrypoint.sh for backward compatibility
 RUN ln -s /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/uid_entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/Dockerfile.tilt b/Dockerfile.tilt
index e98057f33cfab..46d7bb05cb413 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.tilt
+++ b/Dockerfile.tilt
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ COPY hack/install.sh hack/tool-versions.sh ./
 COPY hack/installers installers
 
 RUN ./install.sh helm && \
-    INSTALL_PATH=/usr/local/bin ./install.sh kustomize
+    INSTALL_PATH=/usr/local/bin ./install.sh kustomize && \
+    ./install.sh git-lfs
 
 COPY hack/gpg-wrapper.sh \
     hack/git-verify-wrapper.sh \
diff --git a/hack/installers/checksums/git-lfs-linux-amd64-v3.7.1.tar.gz.sha256 b/hack/installers/checksums/git-lfs-linux-amd64-v3.7.1.tar.gz.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..96c21820b6dbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/installers/checksums/git-lfs-linux-amd64-v3.7.1.tar.gz.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1c0b6ee5200ca708c5cebebb18fdeb0e1c98f1af5c1a9cba205a4c0ab5a5ec08  git-lfs-linux-amd64-v3.7.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/hack/installers/checksums/git-lfs-linux-arm64-v3.7.1.tar.gz.sha256 b/hack/installers/checksums/git-lfs-linux-arm64-v3.7.1.tar.gz.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..327275ee29bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/installers/checksums/git-lfs-linux-arm64-v3.7.1.tar.gz.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+73a9c90eeb4312133a63c3eaee0c38c019ea7bfa0953d174809d25b18588dd8d  git-lfs-linux-arm64-v3.7.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/hack/installers/install-git-lfs.sh b/hack/installers/install-git-lfs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..90bbce22a19b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/installers/install-git-lfs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eux -o pipefail
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")"/../tool-versions.sh
+
+export TARGET_FILE=git-lfs-${INSTALL_OS}-${ARCHITECTURE}-v${git_lfs_version}.tar.gz
+
+[ -e "$DOWNLOADS/${TARGET_FILE}" ] || curl -sLf --retry 3 -o "$DOWNLOADS/${TARGET_FILE}" "https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/download/v${git_lfs_version}/${TARGET_FILE}"
+"$(dirname "$0")"/compare-chksum.sh
+mkdir -p /tmp/git-lfs && tar -C /tmp/git-lfs --strip-components=1 -xzf "$DOWNLOADS/${TARGET_FILE}"
+sudo install -m 0755 "/tmp/git-lfs/git-lfs" "$BIN/git-lfs"
+git-lfs version
diff --git a/hack/tool-versions.sh b/hack/tool-versions.sh
index 4f1c67b864460..84bec7b77cb55 100644
--- a/hack/tool-versions.sh
+++ b/hack/tool-versions.sh
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ helm3_version=3.19.4
 kustomize5_version=5.8.1
 protoc_version=29.3
 oras_version=1.2.0
+git_lfs_version=3.7.1
diff --git a/test/container/Dockerfile b/test/container/Dockerfile
index d23fd4b8e5c1a..17bf09034ea82 100644
--- a/test/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/container/Dockerfile
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ RUN ./install.sh helm && \
     ./install.sh codegen-go-tools && \
     ./install.sh lint-tools && \
     ./install.sh gotestsum && \
+    ./install.sh git-lfs && \
     go install github.com/mattn/goreman@latest && \
     go install github.com/kisielk/godepgraph@latest && \
     go install github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report@latest && \