diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
index a081eee2..8893634d 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ jobs:
           git checkout -f "${REF}"
 
           export SKIP_ENV_VALIDATION=1
+          export DATABASE_URL="mysql://test:test@localhost:3306/test?charset=utf8mb4"
+          export AUTH_SECRET="ci-test-secret-key-that-is-long-enough"
           export ARGON2_MEMORY_SIZE=1024
           export ARGON2_ITERATIONS=1
           export BCRYPT_ROUNDS=4