diff --git a/tests/ApkVerityTest/Android.bp b/tests/ApkVerityTest/Android.bp
index d4fa1dda8bdfe..62e16a5b83de5 100644
--- a/tests/ApkVerityTest/Android.bp
+++ b/tests/ApkVerityTest/Android.bp
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ java_test_host {
         "general-tests",
         "vts",
     ],
-    data_device_bins: [
-        "block_device_writer",
+    target_required: [
+        "block_device_writer_module",
     ],
     data: [
         ":ApkVerityTestCertDer",
diff --git a/tests/ApkVerityTest/block_device_writer/Android.bp b/tests/ApkVerityTest/block_device_writer/Android.bp
index e5d009dc10fd0..fdfa41fd4ca95 100644
--- a/tests/ApkVerityTest/block_device_writer/Android.bp
+++ b/tests/ApkVerityTest/block_device_writer/Android.bp
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ package {
 }
 
 cc_test {
-    name: "block_device_writer",
+    // Depending on how the test runs, the executable may be uploaded to different location.
+    // Before the bug in the file pusher is fixed, workaround by making the name unique.
+    // See b/124718249#comment12.
+    name: "block_device_writer_module",
+    stem: "block_device_writer",
+
     srcs: ["block_device_writer.cpp"],
     cflags: [
         "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64",
@@ -37,7 +42,22 @@ cc_test {
         "libbase",
         "libutils",
     ],
-    compile_multilib: "first",
+    // For some reasons, cuttlefish (x86) uses x86_64 test suites for testing. Unfortunately, when
+    // the uploader does not pick up the executable from correct output location. The following
+    // workaround allows the test to:
+    //  * upload the 32-bit exectuable for both 32 and 64 bits devices to use
+    //  * refer to the same executable name in Java
+    //  * no need to force the Java test to be archiecture specific.
+    //
+    // See b/145573317 for details.
+    multilib: {
+        lib32: {
+            suffix: "",
+        },
+        lib64: {
+            suffix: "64", // not really used
+        },
+    },
 
     auto_gen_config: false,
     test_suites: [
diff --git a/tests/ApkVerityTest/block_device_writer/src/com/android/blockdevicewriter/BlockDeviceWriter.java b/tests/ApkVerityTest/block_device_writer/src/com/android/blockdevicewriter/BlockDeviceWriter.java
index 730daf32f20d0..5c2c15b22bb02 100644
--- a/tests/ApkVerityTest/block_device_writer/src/com/android/blockdevicewriter/BlockDeviceWriter.java
+++ b/tests/ApkVerityTest/block_device_writer/src/com/android/blockdevicewriter/BlockDeviceWriter.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
  * <p>To use this class, please push block_device_writer binary to /data/local/tmp.
  * 1. In Android.bp, add:
  * <pre>
- *      data_device_bins: ["block_device_writer"],
+ *     target_required: ["block_device_writer_module"],
  * </pre>
  * 2. In AndroidText.xml, add:
  * <pre>