diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
index d66de00b..4609eb69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
         POSTGRES_DB: postgres
         OSMCHA_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OSMCHA_API_KEY }}
         DJANGO_SECRET_KEY: test-django-secret-key
-        MAPILLARY_API_KEY: test-mapillary-api-key
+        MAPILLARY_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.MAPILLARY_API_KEY }}
         COMPOSE_FILE: ../docker-compose.yaml:../docker-compose-ci.yaml
       run: |
         docker compose run --rm mapswipe_workers_creation python -m unittest discover --verbose --start-directory tests/unittests/
diff --git a/mapswipe_workers/mapswipe_workers/definitions.py b/mapswipe_workers/mapswipe_workers/definitions.py
index b6be718e..e5037675 100644
--- a/mapswipe_workers/mapswipe_workers/definitions.py
+++ b/mapswipe_workers/mapswipe_workers/definitions.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 OSMCHA_API_LINK = "https://osmcha.org/api/v1/"
 OSMCHA_API_KEY = os.environ["OSMCHA_API_KEY"]
 MAPILLARY_API_LINK = "https://tiles.mapillary.com/maps/vtp/mly1_computed_public/2/"
-MAPILLARY_API_KEY = os.getenv("MAPILLARY_API_KEY")
+MAPILLARY_API_KEY = os.environ("MAPILLARY_API_KEY")
 
 # number of geometries for project geometries
 MAX_INPUT_GEOMETRIES = 10