diff --git a/internal/attestation/aws/nitrotpm/issuer_test.go b/internal/attestation/aws/nitrotpm/issuer_test.go
index d1a00439d4..59b5b7e476 100644
--- a/internal/attestation/aws/nitrotpm/issuer_test.go
+++ b/internal/attestation/aws/nitrotpm/issuer_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package nitrotpm
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds"
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestGetAttestationKey(t *testing.T) {
+	cgo := os.Getenv("CGO_ENABLED")
+	if cgo == "0" {
+		t.Skip("skipping test because CGO is disabled")
+	}
 	require := require.New(t)
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
@@ -42,6 +47,10 @@ func TestGetAttestationKey(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGetInstanceInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	cgo := os.Getenv("CGO_ENABLED")
+	if cgo == "0" {
+		t.Skip("skipping test because CGO is disabled and tpm simulator requires it")
+	}
 	testCases := map[string]struct {
 		client  stubMetadataAPI
 		wantErr bool
diff --git a/internal/attestation/aws/snp/issuer_test.go b/internal/attestation/aws/snp/issuer_test.go
index 29d17b5e19..548b26f286 100644
--- a/internal/attestation/aws/snp/issuer_test.go
+++ b/internal/attestation/aws/snp/issuer_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package snp
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds"
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestGetAttestationKey(t *testing.T) {
+	cgo := os.Getenv("CGO_ENABLED")
+	if cgo == "0" {
+		t.Skip("skipping test because CGO is disabled and tpm simulator requires it")
+	}
 	require := require.New(t)
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
@@ -42,6 +47,10 @@ func TestGetAttestationKey(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGetInstanceInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	cgo := os.Getenv("CGO_ENABLED")
+	if cgo == "0" {
+		t.Skip("skipping test because CGO is disabled and tpm simulator requires it")
+	}
 	testCases := map[string]struct {
 		client  stubMetadataAPI
 		wantErr bool
diff --git a/internal/attestation/azure/snp/issuer_test.go b/internal/attestation/azure/snp/issuer_test.go
index 2c52a4ede0..06aa78b6b4 100644
--- a/internal/attestation/azure/snp/issuer_test.go
+++ b/internal/attestation/azure/snp/issuer_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/attestation/simulator"
@@ -115,6 +116,10 @@ func TestGetSNPAttestation(t *testing.T) {
 // Testing anything else will only verify that the simulator works as expected, since getAkPub
 // only retrieves the attestation key from the TPM.
 func TestGetHCLAttestationKey(t *testing.T) {
+	cgo := os.Getenv("CGO_ENABLED")
+	if cgo == "0" {
+		t.Skip("skipping test because CGO is disabled and tpm simulator requires it")
+	}
 	require := require.New(t)
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 
diff --git a/internal/attestation/azure/snp/validator_test.go b/internal/attestation/azure/snp/validator_test.go
index f4390e3a44..3ceb008430 100644
--- a/internal/attestation/azure/snp/validator_test.go
+++ b/internal/attestation/azure/snp/validator_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/attestation/idkeydigest"
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestTrustedKeyFromSNP(t *testing.T) {
+	cgo := os.Getenv("CGO_ENABLED")
+	if cgo == "0" {
+		t.Skip("skipping test because CGO is disabled and tpm simulator requires it")
+	}
 	require := require.New(t)
 
 	tpm, err := simulator.OpenSimulatedTPM()
@@ -237,6 +242,10 @@ func TestTrustedKeyFromSNP(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestValidateAk(t *testing.T) {
+	cgo := os.Getenv("CGO_ENABLED")
+	if cgo == "0" {
+		t.Skip("skipping test because CGO is disabled and tpm simulator requires it")
+	}
 	require := require.New(t)
 
 	tpm, err := simulator.OpenSimulatedTPM()
diff --git a/internal/attestation/azure/trustedlaunch/trustedlaunch_test.go b/internal/attestation/azure/trustedlaunch/trustedlaunch_test.go
index 0c25a6f451..023bb785f7 100644
--- a/internal/attestation/azure/trustedlaunch/trustedlaunch_test.go
+++ b/internal/attestation/azure/trustedlaunch/trustedlaunch_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/x509/pkix"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestGetAttestationCert(t *testing.T) {
+	cgo := os.Getenv("CGO_ENABLED")
+	if cgo == "0" {
+		t.Skip("skipping test because CGO is disabled and tpm simulator requires it")
+	}
 	require := require.New(t)
 	tpm, err := simulator.OpenSimulatedTPM()
 	require.NoError(err)
diff --git a/internal/attestation/initialize/initialize_test.go b/internal/attestation/initialize/initialize_test.go
index 4d2bd92b1b..bd31e60f00 100644
--- a/internal/attestation/initialize/initialize_test.go
+++ b/internal/attestation/initialize/initialize_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package initialize
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/v2/internal/attestation/measurements"
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ func (s simTPMNOPCloser) Close() error {
 }
 
 func TestMarkNodeAsBootstrapped(t *testing.T) {
+	cgo := os.Getenv("CGO_ENABLED")
+	if cgo == "0" {
+		t.Skip("skipping test because CGO is disabled and tpm simulator requires it")
+	}
 	assert := assert.New(t)
 	require := require.New(t)
 
@@ -57,6 +62,10 @@ func TestFailOpener(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIsNodeInitialized(t *testing.T) {
+	cgo := os.Getenv("CGO_ENABLED")
+	if cgo == "0" {
+		t.Skip("skipping test because CGO is disabled and tpm simulator requires it")
+	}
 	testCases := map[string]struct {
 		pcrValueClusterID []byte
 		wantInitialized   bool
diff --git a/internal/attestation/vtpm/attestation_test.go b/internal/attestation/vtpm/attestation_test.go
index 15128aee38..9eeeef3b83 100644
--- a/internal/attestation/vtpm/attestation_test.go
+++ b/internal/attestation/vtpm/attestation_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	tpmclient "github.com/google/go-tpm-tools/client"
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ func fakeGetInstanceInfo(_ context.Context, _ io.ReadWriteCloser, _ []byte) ([]b
 }
 
 func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
+	cgo := os.Getenv("CGO_ENABLED")
+	if cgo == "0" {
+		t.Skip("skipping test because CGO is disabled and tpm simulator requires it")
+	}
 	require := require.New(t)
 
 	fakeValidateCVM := func(AttestationDocument, *attest.MachineState) error { return nil }
@@ -421,6 +426,10 @@ func TestGetSHA256QuoteIndex(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGetSelectedMeasurements(t *testing.T) {
+	cgo := os.Getenv("CGO_ENABLED")
+	if cgo == "0" {
+		t.Skip("skipping test because CGO is disabled and tpm simulator requires it")
+	}
 	testCases := map[string]struct {
 		openFunc     TPMOpenFunc
 		pcrSelection tpm2.PCRSelection