diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
index 0d009aa43d..f4fa97ebf1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test.yml
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ jobs:
       test_repo_url: ${{ needs.OutputEnvVariables.outputs.CWA_GITHUB_TEST_REPO_URL }}
       github_sha: ${{github.sha}}
       s3_integration_bucket: ${{ vars.S3_INTEGRATION_BUCKET }}
+      connection_port: ${{vars.LINUX_CONNECTION_PORT}}
+
 
   # StartLocalStackITAR:
   #   name: 'StartLocalStackITAR'
@@ -619,6 +621,8 @@ jobs:
       terraform_assume_role: ${{ vars.TERRAFORM_AWS_ASSUME_ROLE }}
       github_sha: ${{github.sha}}
       s3_integration_bucket: ${{ vars.S3_INTEGRATION_BUCKET }}
+      connection_port: ${{vars.LINUX_CONNECTION_PORT}}
+
 
   # StopLocalStackITAR:
   #   name: 'StopLocalStackITAR'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/start-localstack.yml b/.github/workflows/start-localstack.yml
index 6dc1096121..1d7c848d93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/start-localstack.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/start-localstack.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ on:
         type: string
       s3_integration_bucket:
         type: string
+      connection_port:
+        type: number
+        required: true
     outputs:
       local_stack_host_name:
         value: ${{ jobs.StartLocalStack.outputs.local_stack_host_name }}
@@ -57,6 +60,16 @@ jobs:
           role-to-assume: ${{ inputs.terraform_assume_role }}
           aws-region: ${{ inputs.region }}
 
+
+      - name: Add Runner to Security Group
+        uses: mnavarrocarter/authorize-aws-security-group-ingress-action@v1.0.0
+        with:
+          aws-region: ${{inputs.region}} 
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-security-group-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_TERRAFORM_SECURITY_GROUP_ID }}
+          protocol: 'tcp'
+          port: ${{ inputs.connection_port }}
       - name: Echo Localstack Config
         run: echo repo name ${{inputs.test_repo_name}} repo branch ${{ inputs.test_repo_branch }} region ${{ inputs.region }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stop-localstack.yml b/.github/workflows/stop-localstack.yml
index 248e3e85ca..2c47ae796f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stop-localstack.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stop-localstack.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ on:
         type: string
       s3_integration_bucket:
         type: string
-
+      connection_port:
+        type: number
+        required: true
 
 jobs:
   StopLocalStack:
@@ -50,6 +52,16 @@ jobs:
           role-to-assume: ${{ inputs.terraform_assume_role }}
           aws-region: ${{ inputs.region }}
 
+
+      - name: Add Runner to Security Group
+        uses: mnavarrocarter/authorize-aws-security-group-ingress-action@v1.0.0
+        with:
+          aws-region: ${{inputs.region}} 
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-security-group-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_TERRAFORM_SECURITY_GROUP_ID }}
+          protocol: 'tcp'
+          port: ${{ inputs.connection_port }}
       - name: Copy state
         run: aws s3 cp s3://${{inputs.s3_integration_bucket}}/integration-test/local-stack-terraform-state/${{inputs.github_sha}}/terraform.tfstate .