diff --git a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/README.md b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/README.md
index a970ef38dd..25dc51d658 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/README.md
+++ b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ This repository is for E2E UI automation.
 
 ### Prerequisites
 - Docker & Docker-compose
-- Java
+- Java (install aarch64 jdk if you have M1/arm chip)
 - Maven
   
 ### How to install
diff --git a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/pom.xml b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/pom.xml
index 5f013a2b28..d7f4f3ea28 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/pom.xml
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@
             <artifactId>netty-transport-native-unix-common</artifactId>
             <version>${netty.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-resolver-dns-native-macos</artifactId>
+            <version>${netty.version}</version>
+            <classifier>osx-aarch_64</classifier>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
@@ -208,7 +214,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-platform-launcher</artifactId>
-           <version>${junit.platform-launcher.version}</version>
+            <version>${junit.platform-launcher.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ru.yandex.qatools.allure</groupId>
diff --git a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/helpers/TestConfiguration.java b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/helpers/TestConfiguration.java
index 1134bf4f7e..f8cf311167 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/helpers/TestConfiguration.java
+++ b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/helpers/TestConfiguration.java
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ public class TestConfiguration {
       Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("SAVE_PAGE_SOURCE", "false"));
   public static Boolean REOPEN_BROWSER_ON_FAIL =
       Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("REOPEN_BROWSER_ON_FAIL", "true"));
-  public static String BROWSER = System.getProperty("BROWSER", "chrome");
+  public static String BROWSER = System.getProperty("BROWSER", "chromium");
   public static String BROWSER_SIZE = System.getProperty("BROWSER_SIZE", "1920x1080");
   public static Boolean ENABLE_VNC = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("ENABLE_VNC", "true"));
-  public static String IMAGE_NAME = System.getProperty("SELENIUM_DOCKER_IMAGE", "selenium/standalone-chrome");
-  public static String IMAGE_TAG = System.getProperty("SELENIUM_IMAGE_TAG", "103.0");
 
 }
diff --git a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/base/BaseTest.java b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/base/BaseTest.java
index a188d0fd7f..9ccd401b31 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/base/BaseTest.java
+++ b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/src/test/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/base/BaseTest.java
@@ -12,10 +12,18 @@ import com.provectus.kafka.ui.utils.qaseIO.TestCaseGenerator;
 import io.github.cdimascio.dotenv.Dotenv;
 import io.qameta.allure.Allure;
 import io.qameta.allure.selenide.AllureSelenide;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.*;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayNameGeneration;
 import org.openqa.selenium.Dimension;
 import org.openqa.selenium.OutputType;
 import org.openqa.selenium.TakesScreenshot;
@@ -26,112 +34,125 @@ import org.testcontainers.containers.BrowserWebDriverContainer;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.wait.strategy.Wait;
 import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-
 @Slf4j
 @DisplayNameGeneration(CamelCaseToSpacedDisplayNameGenerator.class)
 public class BaseTest {
 
-    protected Pages pages = Pages.INSTANCE;
-    protected Helpers helpers = Helpers.INSTANCE;
+  public static final String SELENIUM_IMAGE_NAME = "selenium/standalone-chrome";
+  public static final String SELENIARM_STANDALONE_CHROMIUM = "seleniarm/standalone-chromium";
+  protected Pages pages = Pages.INSTANCE;
+  protected Helpers helpers = Helpers.INSTANCE;
 
-    private Screenshooter screenshooter = new Screenshooter();
+  private Screenshooter screenshooter = new Screenshooter();
 
-    private static final String IMAGE_NAME = TestConfiguration.IMAGE_NAME;
-    private static final String IMAGE_TAG = TestConfiguration.IMAGE_TAG;
-    protected static BrowserWebDriverContainer<?> webDriverContainer = null;
+  protected static BrowserWebDriverContainer<?> webDriverContainer = null;
 
-    public void compareScreenshots(String name) {
-        screenshooter.compareScreenshots(name);
+  public void compareScreenshots(String name) {
+    screenshooter.compareScreenshots(name);
+  }
+
+  public void compareScreenshots(String name, Boolean shouldUpdateScreenshots) {
+    screenshooter.compareScreenshots(name, shouldUpdateScreenshots);
+  }
+
+  @BeforeEach
+  public void setWebDriver() {
+    RemoteWebDriver remoteWebDriver = webDriverContainer.getWebDriver();
+    WebDriverRunner.setWebDriver(remoteWebDriver);
+    remoteWebDriver.manage().window().setSize(new Dimension(1440, 1024));
+  }
+
+  @BeforeAll
+  public static void start() {
+
+    DockerImageName image = isARM64()
+        ? DockerImageName.parse(SELENIARM_STANDALONE_CHROMIUM).asCompatibleSubstituteFor(SELENIUM_IMAGE_NAME)
+        : DockerImageName.parse(SELENIUM_IMAGE_NAME);
+    log.info("Using [{}] as image name for chrome", image.getUnversionedPart());
+
+    webDriverContainer = new BrowserWebDriverContainer<>(image)
+        .withEnv("JAVA_OPTS", "-Dwebdriver.chrome.whitelistedIps=")
+        .withCapabilities(new ChromeOptions()
+            .addArguments("--disable-dev-shm-usage")
+            .addArguments("--verbose")
+        )
+        .waitingFor(Wait.forHttp("/"))
+        //.withLogConsumer(new Slf4jLogConsumer(log).withPrefix("[CHROME]: ")) // uncomment for debugging
+        .waitingFor(Wait.forLogMessage(".*Started Selenium Standalone.*", 1));
+    try {
+      Testcontainers.exposeHostPorts(8080);
+      webDriverContainer.start();
+    } catch (Throwable e) {
+      log.error("Couldn't start a container", e);
     }
+  }
 
-    public void compareScreenshots(String name, Boolean shouldUpdateScreenshots) {
-        screenshooter.compareScreenshots(name, shouldUpdateScreenshots);
+  @AfterAll
+  public static void tearDown() {
+    if (webDriverContainer.isRunning()) {
+      webDriverContainer.close();
+      webDriverContainer.stop();
     }
+  }
 
-    @BeforeEach
-    public void setWebDriver() {
-        RemoteWebDriver remoteWebDriver = webDriverContainer.getWebDriver();
-        WebDriverRunner.setWebDriver(remoteWebDriver);
-        remoteWebDriver.manage().window().setSize(new Dimension(1440, 1024));
+  static {
+    if (!new File("./.env").exists()) {
+      try {
+        FileUtils.copyFile(new File(".env.example"), new File(".env"));
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        log.error("couldn't copy .env.example to .env. Please add .env");
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      }
     }
+    Dotenv.load().entries().forEach(env -> System.setProperty(env.getKey(), env.getValue()));
+    if (TestConfiguration.CLEAR_REPORTS_DIR) {
+      clearReports();
+    }
+    setup();
+    Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(() -> {
+      if (TestCaseGenerator.FAILED) {
+        log.error(
+            "Tests FAILED because some problem with @CaseId annotation. Verify that all tests annotated with @CaseId and Id is correct!");
+        Runtime.getRuntime().halt(100500);
+      }
+    }));
+  }
 
-    @BeforeAll
-    public static void start() {
-        DockerImageName image = DockerImageName.parse(IMAGE_NAME).withTag(IMAGE_TAG);
-        webDriverContainer = new BrowserWebDriverContainer<>(image)
-                .withCapabilities(new ChromeOptions().addArguments("--disable-dev-shm-usage"))
-                .waitingFor(Wait.forHttp("/"))
-                .waitingFor(Wait.forLogMessage(".*Started Selenium Standalone.*", 1));
-        Testcontainers.exposeHostPorts(8080);
-        webDriverContainer.start();
-        webDriverContainer.isRunning();
-        webDriverContainer.isHostAccessible();
-    }
+  @AfterEach
+  public void afterMethod() {
+    Allure.addAttachment("Screenshot",
+        new ByteArrayInputStream(
+            ((TakesScreenshot) webDriverContainer.getWebDriver()).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.BYTES)));
+  }
 
-    @AfterAll
-    public static void tearDown() {
-        if (webDriverContainer.isRunning()) {
-            webDriverContainer.close();
-            webDriverContainer.stop();
-        }
-    }
+  @SneakyThrows
+  private static void setup() {
+    Configuration.reportsFolder = TestConfiguration.REPORTS_FOLDER;
+    Configuration.screenshots = TestConfiguration.SCREENSHOTS;
+    Configuration.savePageSource = TestConfiguration.SAVE_PAGE_SOURCE;
+    Configuration.reopenBrowserOnFail = TestConfiguration.REOPEN_BROWSER_ON_FAIL;
+    Configuration.browser = TestConfiguration.BROWSER;
+    Configuration.baseUrl = TestConfiguration.BASE_WEB_URL;
+    Configuration.timeout = 10000;
+    Configuration.browserSize = TestConfiguration.BROWSER_SIZE;
+    SelenideLogger.addListener("allure", new AllureSelenide().savePageSource(false));
+  }
 
-    static {
-        if (!new File("./.env").exists()) {
-            try {
-                FileUtils.copyFile(new File(".env.example"), new File(".env"));
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                log.error("couldn't copy .env.example to .env. Please add .env");
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-        }
-        Dotenv.load().entries().forEach(env -> System.setProperty(env.getKey(), env.getValue()));
-        if (TestConfiguration.CLEAR_REPORTS_DIR) {
-            clearReports();
-        }
-        setup();
-        Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(() -> {
-                if (TestCaseGenerator.FAILED) {
-                    log.error("Tests FAILED because some problem with @CaseId annotation. Verify that all tests annotated with @CaseId and Id is correct!");
-                    Runtime.getRuntime().halt(100500);
-                }
-        }));
+  public static void clearReports() {
+    log.info(String.format("Clearing reports dir [%s]...", TestConfiguration.REPORTS_FOLDER));
+    File allureResults = new File(TestConfiguration.REPORTS_FOLDER);
+    if (allureResults.isDirectory()) {
+      File[] list = allureResults.listFiles();
+      if (list != null) {
+        Arrays.stream(list)
+            .sequential()
+            .filter(e -> !e.getName().equals("categories.json"))
+            .forEach(File::delete);
+      }
     }
+  }
 
-    @AfterEach
-    public void afterMethod() {
-        Allure.addAttachment("Screenshot",
-                new ByteArrayInputStream(((TakesScreenshot) webDriverContainer.getWebDriver()).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.BYTES)));
-    }
-
-    @SneakyThrows
-    private static void setup() {
-        Configuration.reportsFolder = TestConfiguration.REPORTS_FOLDER;
-        Configuration.screenshots = TestConfiguration.SCREENSHOTS;
-        Configuration.savePageSource = TestConfiguration.SAVE_PAGE_SOURCE;
-        Configuration.reopenBrowserOnFail = TestConfiguration.REOPEN_BROWSER_ON_FAIL;
-        Configuration.browser = TestConfiguration.BROWSER;
-        Configuration.baseUrl = TestConfiguration.BASE_WEB_URL;
-        Configuration.timeout = 10000;
-        Configuration.browserSize = TestConfiguration.BROWSER_SIZE;
-        SelenideLogger.addListener("allure", new AllureSelenide().savePageSource(false));
-    }
-
-    public static void clearReports() {
-        log.info(String.format("Clearing reports dir [%s]...", TestConfiguration.REPORTS_FOLDER));
-        File allureResults = new File(TestConfiguration.REPORTS_FOLDER);
-        if (allureResults.isDirectory()) {
-            File[] list = allureResults.listFiles();
-            if (list != null) {
-                Arrays.stream(list)
-                        .sequential()
-                        .filter(e -> !e.getName().equals("categories.json"))
-                        .forEach(File::delete);
-            }
-        }
-    }
+  private static boolean isARM64() {
+    return System.getProperty("os.arch").equals("aarch64");
+  }
 }