diff --git a/internal/builders/golang/build.go b/internal/builders/golang/build.go
index ae27907ac..01fc444a0 100644
--- a/internal/builders/golang/build.go
+++ b/internal/builders/golang/build.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/caarlos0/log"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/artifact"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/builders/buildtarget"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/experimental"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/gio"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/logext"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/tmpl"
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func (*Builder) WithDefaults(build config.Build) (config.Build, error) {
 			build.Goarch = []string{"amd64", "arm64", "386"}
 		}
 		if len(build.Goarm) == 0 {
-			build.Goarm = []string{"6"}
+			build.Goarm = []string{experimental.DefaultGOARM()}
 		}
 		if len(build.Gomips) == 0 {
 			build.Gomips = []string{"hardfloat"}
diff --git a/internal/experimental/exp.go b/internal/experimental/exp.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..404088771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/experimental/exp.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Package experimental guards experimental features.
+package experimental
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const (
+	envKey         = "GORELEASER_EXPERIMENTAL"
+	defaultGOARMv7 = "defaultgoarm"
+)
+
+// DefaultGOARM considers the `defaultgoarm` experiment and returns the correct
+// value.
+func DefaultGOARM() string {
+	if has(defaultGOARMv7) {
+		return "7"
+	}
+	return "6"
+}
+
+func has(e string) bool {
+	experiments := strings.Split(os.Getenv(envKey), ",")
+	for _, exp := range experiments {
+		if exp == e {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/internal/experimental/exp_test.go b/internal/experimental/exp_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afbbaff09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/experimental/exp_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package experimental
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestDefaultGoarm(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("not set", func(t *testing.T) {
+		require.Equal(t, "6", DefaultGOARM())
+	})
+	t.Run("empty", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Setenv(envKey, "")
+		require.Equal(t, "6", DefaultGOARM())
+	})
+	t.Run("notset", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Setenv(envKey, "otherexp")
+		require.Equal(t, "6", DefaultGOARM())
+	})
+	t.Run("set", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Setenv(envKey, "foo,"+defaultGOARMv7+",somethingelse")
+		require.Equal(t, "7", DefaultGOARM())
+	})
+}
diff --git a/internal/pipe/brew/brew.go b/internal/pipe/brew/brew.go
index e87fd607b..893595fd4 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/brew/brew.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/brew/brew.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/artifact"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/client"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/commitauthor"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/experimental"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/pipe"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/skips"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/tmpl"
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ func (Pipe) Default(ctx *context.Context) error {
 			brew.Name = ctx.Config.ProjectName
 		}
 		if brew.Goarm == "" {
-			brew.Goarm = "6"
+			brew.Goarm = experimental.DefaultGOARM()
 		}
 		if brew.Goamd64 == "" {
 			brew.Goamd64 = "v1"
diff --git a/internal/pipe/docker/docker.go b/internal/pipe/docker/docker.go
index 35bc01257..65716aab4 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/docker/docker.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/docker/docker.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/caarlos0/log"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/artifact"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/experimental"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/gio"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/ids"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/pipe"
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ func (Pipe) Default(ctx *context.Context) error {
 			docker.Goarch = "amd64"
 		}
 		if docker.Goarm == "" {
-			docker.Goarm = "6"
+			docker.Goarm = experimental.DefaultGOARM()
 		}
 		if docker.Goamd64 == "" {
 			docker.Goamd64 = "v1"
diff --git a/internal/pipe/partial/partial.go b/internal/pipe/partial/partial.go
index dcb9e0b06..7873dcaf0 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/partial/partial.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/partial/partial.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/x/exp/ordered"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/internal/experimental"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2/pkg/context"
 )
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func getFilter() string {
 		target = target + "_" + goamd64
 	}
 	if strings.HasSuffix(target, "_arm") {
-		goarm := ordered.First(os.Getenv("GGOARM"), os.Getenv("GOARM"), "6")
+		goarm := ordered.First(os.Getenv("GGOARM"), os.Getenv("GOARM"), experimental.DefaultGOARM())
 		target = target + "_" + goarm
 	}
 	if strings.HasSuffix(target, "_mips") ||
diff --git a/pkg/context/context.go b/pkg/context/context.go
index 84fda8c39..26ede6651 100644
--- a/pkg/context/context.go
+++ b/pkg/context/context.go
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ func ToEnv(env []string) Env {
 		if !ok || k == "" {
 			continue
 		}
+		if k == "GORELEASER_EXPERIMENTAL" {
+			os.Setenv(k, v)
+		}
 		r[k] = v
 	}
 	return r
diff --git a/www/docs/experiments.md b/www/docs/experiments.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5a62a9da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/docs/experiments.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Experimental features
+
+Much like Go, GoReleaser can be told to use an experimental feature via
+environment variables.
+
+Currently, the following experiments are available.
+
+## Default `GOARM` change to `7`
+
+Historically, GoReleaser sets `GOARM` to `6` by default.
+You can make it use `7` instead by setting:
+
+```sh
+export GORELEASER_EXPERIMENTAL="defaultgoarm"
+```
+
+This will be default behavior in GoReleaser v3.
+
+!!! tip
+
+    You can also set the `GORELEASER_EXPERIMENTAL` variable in `env` array in
+    your `.goreleaser.yml`.
diff --git a/www/mkdocs.yml b/www/mkdocs.yml
index 60a7f8ed6..094dda626 100644
--- a/www/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/www/mkdocs.yml
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ nav:
       - sponsors.md
       - users.md
       - deprecations.md
+      - experiments.md
       - Common errors:
           - errors/version.md
           - errors/dirty.md