diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 619c9480..2ceb8542 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         source .venv/bin/activate
         python3 -m pytest
+      env:
+        GIRDER_API_KEY: ${{secrets.GIRDER}}
     - name: Compile test applications
       run: |
         mpic++ -std=c++17 -O3 tests/data/parallelSum.cpp -o tests/data/parallelSum