diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index 843238cf03b..f814073be6a 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ steps:
     key: "serverless-beats"
     command: ".buildkite/scripts/steps/beats_tests.sh"
     # if: "build.env('CRON') == 'yes'"
+    agents:
+      provider: "gcp"
+      machineType: "n1-standard-8"
     retry:
       manual:
         allowed: true
diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/beats_tests.sh b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/beats_tests.sh
index e6abf00886b..72e5500ae5f 100755
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/steps/beats_tests.sh
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/steps/beats_tests.sh
@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ cd build
 git clone git@github.com:elastic/beats.git
 
 cd beats
-
+echo "testing mage"
+mage -l
+echo "running mage"
 SNAPSHOT=true PLATFORMS=linux/amd64,linux/arm64,windows/amd64 PACKAGES=tar.gz,zip mage -v package
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