diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f51ae0970..37b8db009 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - (Feature) Chart By Tag filter
 - (Feature) Add Gateway Config condition
 - (Bugfix) Fix AnyPB Parsing in Meta Service
+- (Feature) Add Arch Tolerations
 
 ## [1.3.0](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.3.0) (2025-08-01)
 - (Feature) (Platform) Storage Debug
diff --git a/chart/kube-arangodb-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/kube-arangodb-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml
index 6540982dd..21574860c 100644
--- a/chart/kube-arangodb-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/kube-arangodb-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ spec:
           operator: "Exists"
           effect: "NoExecute"
           tolerationSeconds: 5
+        - key: "kubernetes.io/arch"
+          operator: "Exists"
+          effect: "NoSchedule"
 {{- if .Values.operator.tolerations }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.operator.tolerations | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml
index 6540982dd..21574860c 100644
--- a/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise-arm64/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ spec:
           operator: "Exists"
           effect: "NoExecute"
           tolerationSeconds: 5
+        - key: "kubernetes.io/arch"
+          operator: "Exists"
+          effect: "NoSchedule"
 {{- if .Values.operator.tolerations }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.operator.tolerations | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise/templates/deployment.yaml
index 6540982dd..21574860c 100644
--- a/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/kube-arangodb-enterprise/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ spec:
           operator: "Exists"
           effect: "NoExecute"
           tolerationSeconds: 5
+        - key: "kubernetes.io/arch"
+          operator: "Exists"
+          effect: "NoSchedule"
 {{- if .Values.operator.tolerations }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.operator.tolerations | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/chart/kube-arangodb/templates/deployment.yaml b/chart/kube-arangodb/templates/deployment.yaml
index 6540982dd..21574860c 100644
--- a/chart/kube-arangodb/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/kube-arangodb/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ spec:
           operator: "Exists"
           effect: "NoExecute"
           tolerationSeconds: 5
+        - key: "kubernetes.io/arch"
+          operator: "Exists"
+          effect: "NoSchedule"
 {{- if .Values.operator.tolerations }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.operator.tolerations | indent 8 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/images.go b/pkg/deployment/images.go
index 76c2eb3b5..0296b8325 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/images.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/images.go
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ func (i *ImageUpdatePod) GetTolerations() []core.Toleration {
 		}
 	}
 
+	ts = tolerations.AddTolerationIfNotFound(ts,
+		tolerations.NewNoScheduleToleration(tolerations.TolerationArchitecture, tolerations.TolerationDuration{Forever: true}))
 	ts = tolerations.AddTolerationIfNotFound(ts,
 		tolerations.NewNoExecuteToleration(tolerations.TolerationKeyNodeNotReady, shortDur))
 	ts = tolerations.AddTolerationIfNotFound(ts,
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/images_test.go b/pkg/deployment/images_test.go
index 004da9bf9..feda2c37b 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/images_test.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/images_test.go
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ func getTestTolerations() []core.Toleration {
 	}
 
 	return []core.Toleration{
+		tolerations.NewNoScheduleToleration(tolerations.TolerationArchitecture, tolerations.TolerationDuration{Forever: true}),
 		tolerations.NewNoExecuteToleration(tolerations.TolerationKeyNodeNotReady, shortDur),
 		tolerations.NewNoExecuteToleration(tolerations.TolerationKeyNodeUnreachable, shortDur),
 		tolerations.NewNoExecuteToleration(tolerations.TolerationKeyNodeAlphaUnreachable, shortDur),
diff --git a/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_tolerations.go b/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_tolerations.go
index 422d1af78..4703605ef 100644
--- a/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_tolerations.go
+++ b/pkg/deployment/resources/pod_creator_tolerations.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // DISCLAIMER
 //
-// Copyright 2024 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+// Copyright 2024-2025 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@ func CreatePodTolerations(mode api.DeploymentMode, group api.ServerGroup) []core
 		notReadyDur.TimeSpan = 15 * time.Second
 		unreachableDur.TimeSpan = 15 * time.Second
 	}
-	return []core.Toleration{tolerations.NewNoExecuteToleration(tolerations.TolerationKeyNodeNotReady, notReadyDur),
+	return []core.Toleration{
+		tolerations.NewNoExecuteToleration(tolerations.TolerationKeyNodeNotReady, notReadyDur),
 		tolerations.NewNoExecuteToleration(tolerations.TolerationKeyNodeUnreachable, unreachableDur),
 		tolerations.NewNoExecuteToleration(tolerations.TolerationKeyNodeAlphaUnreachable, unreachableDur),
+		tolerations.NewNoScheduleToleration(tolerations.TolerationArchitecture, tolerations.TolerationDuration{Forever: true}),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/util/k8sutil/tolerations/tolerations.go b/pkg/util/k8sutil/tolerations/tolerations.go
index 0cc4cf2f0..605e8dc97 100644
--- a/pkg/util/k8sutil/tolerations/tolerations.go
+++ b/pkg/util/k8sutil/tolerations/tolerations.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //
 // DISCLAIMER
 //
-// Copyright 2016-2024 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+// Copyright 2016-2025 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
+	TolerationArchitecture            = "kubernetes.io/arch"
 	TolerationKeyNodeNotReady         = "node.kubernetes.io/not-ready"
 	TolerationKeyNodeAlphaUnreachable = "node.alpha.kubernetes.io/unreachable"
 	TolerationKeyNodeUnreachable      = "node.kubernetes.io/unreachable"
@@ -44,7 +45,22 @@ func NewNoExecuteToleration(key string, duration TolerationDuration) core.Tolera
 	t := core.Toleration{
 		Key:      key,
 		Operator: "Exists",
-		Effect:   "NoExecute",
+		Effect:   core.TaintEffectNoExecute,
+	}
+	if !duration.Forever {
+		tolerationSeconds := int64(duration.TimeSpan.Seconds())
+		t.TolerationSeconds = &tolerationSeconds
+	}
+	return t
+}
+
+// NewNoScheduleToleration is a helper to create a Toleration with
+// Key=key, Operator='Exists' Effect='NoSchedule', TolerationSeconds=tolerationDuration.Seconds().
+func NewNoScheduleToleration(key string, duration TolerationDuration) core.Toleration {
+	t := core.Toleration{
+		Key:      key,
+		Operator: "Exists",
+		Effect:   core.TaintEffectNoSchedule,
 	}
 	if !duration.Forever {
 		tolerationSeconds := int64(duration.TimeSpan.Seconds())