diff --git a/.github/cd-server-config.yml b/.github/cd-server-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82080cc7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/cd-server-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+cmake_options: >-
+  -DBOOST_ROOT=${BOOST_ROOT_DIR} -DBOOST_INCLUDEDIR=${BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR} -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=${BOOST_LIB_DIR}
+  -DBoost_DEBUG=ON -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR} -DENABLE_STATIC_BOOST_LIBS=OFF
+  -DINSTALL_PYTHON3_DIR=lib/python3/dist-packages
+  -DENABLE_ALL_TESTS=ON -DENABLE_SSL=ON -DENABLE_SERVER=ON -DENABLE_UI=OFF
+ctest_options: -L nightly -E s_test|s_zombies
+dependencies: |
+  ecmwf/ecbuild
+dependency_branch: develop
+parallelism_factor: 8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index a87286bfc..ea5a46ab2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
-    uses: ecmwf-actions/reusable-workflows/.github/workflows/create-package.yml@v2
+    uses: ecmwf-actions/reusable-workflows/.github/workflows/create-package.yml@create-packages-custom-config
     with:
       skip_checks: true
+      restrict_matrix_jobs: debian12
+      build_config: .github/cd-server-config.yml
     secrets: inherit