diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/jobs/build/arm64.yml b/.gitlab/ci/jobs/build/arm64.yml
index 9d46c3239ccd588708b057b9c792d11bbdd3a395..297ab7178727be74991a876dadf7c21ca538e93a 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/jobs/build/arm64.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/jobs/build/arm64.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include: .gitlab/ci/jobs/build/common.yml
 
-build_arm64:
+.build_arm64:
   extends:
     - .build
   variables:
@@ -16,4 +16,21 @@ build_arm64:
     - when: manual
       allow_failure: true
   tags:
-    - arm64
\ No newline at end of file
+    - arm64
+
+# The build_arm64 jobs are split in two to keep the artifact size
+# under the 1GB hard limit set by GitLab.
+# 'build_arm64-released' builds the released executables.
+build_arm64-released:
+  extends: .build_arm64
+  variables:
+    EXECUTABLE_FILES: "script-inputs/released-executables"
+
+# 'build_arm64-exp-dev-extra' builds the developer and experimental
+# executables, as well as the tezt test suite and the TPS evaluation
+# tool.
+build_arm64-exp-dev-extra:
+  extends: .build_arm64
+  variables:
+    EXECUTABLE_FILES: "script-inputs/experimental-executables script-inputs/dev-executables"
+    BUILD_EXTRA: "src/bin_tps_evaluation/main_tps_evaluation.exe tezt/tests/main.exe"
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/unit.yml b/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/unit.yml
index b0d023aa8f086b1545085cedd7f3318c16e6bfc8..46281698cc6b0c76bf2f647f0c1a935cdfa9915c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/unit.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/unit.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
 
 .unit_test_template_arm64:
   extends: .unit_test_template
-  needs: ["build_arm64"]
+  needs:
+    - "build_arm64-released"
+    - "build_arm64-exp-dev-extra"
   variables:
     ARCH: "arm64"
   tags: