diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/tf-a-tests_%.bbappend b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/tf-a-tests_%.bbappend
index 074bc683..eef21b93 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/tf-a-tests_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/tf-a-tests_%.bbappend
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE:corstone1000 = "corstone1000"
 SRCREV:corstone1000 = "5f591f67738a1bbe6b262c53d9dad46ed8bbcd67"
+EXTRA_OEMAKE:append:corstone1000 = " DEBUG=0"
+EXTRA_OEMAKE:append:corstone1000 = " LOG_LEVEL=30"
+TFTF_MODE:corstone1000 = "release"
 
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE:n1sdp = "n1sdp"
diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/tf-a-tests_2.8.0.bb b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/tf-a-tests_2.8.0.bb
index ed3b3499..160ada67 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/tf-a-tests_2.8.0.bb
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/tf-a-tests_2.8.0.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE += "USE_NVM=0"
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += "SHELL_COLOR=1"
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += "DEBUG=1"
 
+# Modify mode based on debug or release mode
+TFTF_MODE ?= "debug"
+
 # Platform must be set for each machine
 TFA_PLATFORM ?= "invalid"
 
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ SYSROOT_DIRS += "/firmware"
 
 do_install() {
     install -d -m 755 ${D}/firmware
-    install -m 0644 ${B}/${TFA_PLATFORM}/debug/tftf.bin ${D}/firmware/tftf.bin
+    install -m 0644 ${B}/${TFA_PLATFORM}/${TFTF_MODE}/tftf.bin ${D}/firmware/tftf.bin
 }
 
 do_deploy() {