diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pr-validation.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-pr-validation.yaml
index 29026e6c..dea291fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pr-validation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pr-validation.yaml
@@ -28,292 +28,19 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-
-  formatting-check:
-    name: Formatting Check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Run clang-format style check for C/C++/Protobuf programs.
-      uses: jidicula/clang-format-action@v4.11.0
-      with:
-        clang-format-version: '11'
-        exclude-regex: '.*\.(proto|hpp)'
-
-  wireshark-dissector-build:
-    name: Build the Wireshark dissector
-    needs: formatting-check
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # TODO: support build on macos-14
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Install deps (Ubuntu)
-        if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') }}
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update -y
-          sudo apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler libprotobuf-dev wireshark-dev
-
-      - name: Install deps (macOS)
-        if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos') }}
-        run: |
-          # See https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/157142
-          export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK=1
-          cd /usr/local/bin
-          rm -f 2to3* idle3* pydoc* python3*
-          rm -f /usr/local/share/man/man1/python3.1 /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/python3*
-          cd /usr/local/Frameworks/Python.framework
-          rm -rf Headers Python Resources Versions/Current
-          brew update
-          brew install pkg-config wireshark protobuf
-      - name: Build wireshark plugin
-        run: |
-          cmake -S wireshark -B build-wireshark
-          cmake --build build-wireshark
-
-  lint:
-    name: Lint
-    needs: formatting-check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    timeout-minutes: 120
-
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: recursive
-
-      - name: Build the project
-        run: |
-          cmake -B build -DINTEGRATE_VCPKG=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=ON -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON
-          cmake --build build -j8
-
-      - name: Tidy check
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get install -y clang-tidy
-          ./build-support/run_clang_tidy.sh
-          if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-              echo "clang-tidy failed"
-              exit 1
-          fi
-
-  unit-tests:
-    name: Run unit tests
-    needs: formatting-check
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    timeout-minutes: 120
-
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: recursive
-
-      - name: Build core libraries
-        run: |
-          cmake -B build -DINTEGRATE_VCPKG=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF
-          cmake --build build -j8
-
-      - name: Check formatting
-        run: |
-          ./vcpkg/vcpkg format-manifest vcpkg.json
-          if [[ $(git diff | wc -l) -gt 0 ]]; then
-              echo "Please run `./vcpkg/vcpkg format-manifest vcpkg.json` to reformat vcpkg.json"
-              exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Build tests
-        run: |
-          cmake -B build -DINTEGRATE_VCPKG=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=ON -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON
-          cmake --build build -j8
-
-      - name: Install gtest-parallel
-        run: |
-          sudo curl -o /gtest-parallel https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/gtest-parallel/master/gtest_parallel.py 
-
-      - name: Run unit tests
-        run: RETRY_FAILED=3 CMAKE_BUILD_DIRECTORY=./build ./run-unit-tests.sh
-
-      - name: Build with Boost.Asio
-        run: |
-          cmake -B build-boost-asio -DINTEGRATE_VCPKG=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=ON
-          cmake --build build-boost-asio -j8
-
-      - name: Build perf tools
-        run: |
-          cmake -B build -DINTEGRATE_VCPKG=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=ON -DBUILD_PERF_TOOLS=ON
-          cmake --build build -j8
-
-      - name: Verify custom vcpkg installation
-        run: |
-          mv vcpkg /tmp/
-          cmake -B build-2 -DINTEGRATE_VCPKG=ON -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="/tmp/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"
-
-  cpp20-build:
-    name: Build with the C++20 standard
-    needs: lint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Install deps
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update -y
-          sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev \
-            protobuf-compiler libprotobuf-dev libboost-dev \
-            libboost-dev libboost-program-options-dev \
-            libzstd-dev libsnappy-dev libgmock-dev libgtest-dev
-      - name: CMake
-        run: cmake -B build -DBUILD_PERF_TOOLS=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=20
-      - name: Build
-        run: |
-          cmake --build build -j8 --target pulsarShared pulsarStatic
-          cmake --build build -j8
-
-  cpp-build-windows:
-    timeout-minutes: 120
-    name: Build CPP Client on ${{ matrix.name }}
-    needs: unit-tests
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    env:
-      VCPKG_ROOT: '${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg'
-      INSTALL_DIR: 'C:\\pulsar-cpp'
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          - name: 'Windows x64'
-            os: windows-2022
-            triplet: x64-windows-static
-            suffix: 'windows-win64'
-            generator: 'Visual Studio 17 2022'
-            arch: '-A x64'
-          - name: 'Windows x86'
-            os: windows-2022
-            triplet: x86-windows-static
-            suffix: 'windows-win32'
-            generator: 'Visual Studio 17 2022'
-            arch: '-A Win32'
-
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Restore vcpkg and its artifacts.
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        id: vcpkg-cache
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ${{ env.VCPKG_ROOT }}
-            vcpkg_installed
-            !${{ env.VCPKG_ROOT }}/.git
-            !${{ env.VCPKG_ROOT }}/buildtrees
-            !${{ env.VCPKG_ROOT }}/packages
-            !${{ env.VCPKG_ROOT }}/downloads
-          key: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.triplet}}-${{ hashFiles( 'vcpkg.json' ) }}
-
-      - name: Get vcpkg(windows)
-        if: ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' && steps.vcpkg-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          cd ${{ github.workspace }}
-          mkdir build -force
-          git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
-          cd vcpkg
-          .\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
-
-      - name: remove system vcpkg(windows)
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        run: rm -rf "$VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT"
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Install vcpkg packages
-        run: |
-          ${{ env.VCPKG_ROOT }}\vcpkg.exe install --triplet ${{ matrix.triplet }}
-
-      - name: Configure
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Windows" ]; then
-            cmake \
-              -B ./build-1 \
-              -G "${{ matrix.generator }}" ${{ matrix.arch }} \
-              -DUSE_ASIO=ON \
-              -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF \
-              -DVCPKG_TRIPLET="${{ matrix.triplet }}" \
-              -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}" \
-              -S .
-          fi
-
-      - name: Install
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Windows" ]; then
-            cmake --build ./build-1 --parallel --config Release
-            cmake --install ./build-1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Test examples
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Windows" ]; then
-            cd win-examples
-            cmake \
-              -G "${{ matrix.generator }}" ${{ matrix.arch }} \
-              -DLINK_STATIC=OFF \
-              -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }} \
-              -B build-dynamic
-            cmake --build build-dynamic --config Release
-            cmake \
-              -G "${{ matrix.generator }}" ${{ matrix.arch }} \
-              -DLINK_STATIC=ON \
-              -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }} \
-              -B build-static
-            cmake --build build-static --config Release
-            ./build-static/Release/win-example.exe
-          fi
-
-      - name: Build (Debug)
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Windows" ]; then
-            cmake \
-              -B ./build-2 \
-              -G "${{ matrix.generator }}" ${{ matrix.arch }} \
-              -DUSE_ASIO=ON \
-              -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF \
-              -DVCPKG_TRIPLET="${{ matrix.triplet }}" \
-              -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}" \
-              -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
-              -S .
-            cmake --build ./build-2 --parallel --config Debug
-          fi
-
-  package:
+  package-linux:
     name: Build ${{matrix.pkg.name}} ${{matrix.cpu.platform}}
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: [lint, unit-tests]
     timeout-minutes: 500
 
     strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         pkg:
-          - { name: 'RPM', type: 'rpm', path: 'pkg/rpm/RPMS' }
-          - { name: 'Deb', type: 'deb', path: 'pkg/deb/BUILD/DEB' }
           - { name: 'Alpine', type: 'apk', path: 'pkg/apk/build' }
         cpu:
           - { arch: 'x86_64', platform: 'x86_64' }
+          - { arch: 'aarch64', platform: 'arm64' }
 
     steps:
       - name: checkout
@@ -341,28 +68,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build packages
         run: pkg/${{matrix.pkg.type}}/docker-build-${{matrix.pkg.type}}-${{matrix.cpu.platform}}.sh build:latest
 
-      # TODO: verify the pre-built package works without linking issue
+      - name: Zip artifact
+        run: zip -r ${{matrix.pkg.type}}-${{matrix.cpu.platform}}.zip ${{matrix.pkg.path}}
 
-  cpp-build-macos:
-    timeout-minutes: 120
-    name: Build CPP Client on macOS with static dependencies
-    runs-on: macos-14
-    needs: lint
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: recursive
-
-      - name: Build libraries
-        run: ./pkg/mac/build-static-library.sh
-
-  # Job that will be required to complete and depends on all the other jobs
-  check-completion:
-    name: Check Completion
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [formatting-check, wireshark-dissector-build, lint, unit-tests, cpp20-build, cpp-build-windows, package, cpp-build-macos]
-
-    steps:
-      - run: true
+          name: ${{matrix.pkg.type}}-${{matrix.cpu.platform}}
+          path: ${{matrix.pkg.path}}
diff --git a/pkg/apk/APKBUILD b/pkg/apk/APKBUILD
index 1b476c2d..85bb1bae 100644
--- a/pkg/apk/APKBUILD
+++ b/pkg/apk/APKBUILD
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ build() {
     set +e
     cmake -B build -DINTEGRATE_VCPKG=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
         -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=make \
-        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$pkgdir" \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" \
         -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF -DBUILD_DYNAMIC_LIB=ON -DBUILD_STATIC_LIB=ON \
         $ROOT_DIR
     if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@ build() {
     fi
     set -e
     cmake --build build -j8
+    $ROOT_DIR/build-support/merge_archives_vcpkg.sh $PWD/build
 }
 
 package() {
-    cmake --build build --target install
+    set -x -e
+    DESTDIR="$pkgdir" cmake --build build --target install
+    cp ./build/libpulsarwithdeps.a "$pkgdir/usr/lib/"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apk/build-apk.sh b/pkg/apk/build-apk.sh
index 54360481..68fdf893 100755
--- a/pkg/apk/build-apk.sh
+++ b/pkg/apk/build-apk.sh
@@ -40,3 +40,12 @@ sudo abuild-keygen -a -i -n
 abuild -F -c -r
 
 cp -r /root/packages/pkg ./build
+
+# Test installation
+apk add --allow-untrusted build/$PLATFORM/*.apk
+
+cd $ROOT_DIR/win-examples
+g++ -o dynamic.out -std=c++11 ./example.cc -Wl,-rpath=/usr/lib -lpulsar
+./dynamic.out
+g++ -o static.out -std=c++11 ./example.cc /usr/lib/libpulsarwithdeps.a -lpthread -ldl
+./static.out