diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
index 4379c9c6..a8ced99b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           export ARGON2_MEMORY_SIZE=1024
           export ARGON2_ITERATIONS=1
           export BCRYPT_ROUNDS=4
+          export DATABASE_URL="mysql://ci:dummy@127.0.0.1:3306/ci"
           pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
           pnpm prisma:generate
           pnpm audit --audit-level=high || echo "WARNING: pnpm audit found high/critical vulnerabilities"