diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 43b82c11f0c..a15f759e2de 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1107,6 +1107,7 @@ description = E2E Notebook tests
 changedir = {toxinidir}
 allowlist_externals =
     bash
+passenv = EXTERNAL_REGISTRY,EXTERNAL_REGISTRY_USERNAME,EXTERNAL_REGISTRY_PASSWORD
 setenv =
     ORCHESTRA_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE = {env:ORCHESTRA_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE:k8s}
     NODE_PORT = {env:NODE_PORT:8080}
@@ -1115,7 +1116,9 @@ setenv =
     SYFT_VERSION = {env:SYFT_VERSION:local}
 commands =
     bash -c "echo Running with ORCHESTRA_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE=$ORCHESTRA_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE NODE_PORT=$NODE_PORT NODE_URL=$NODE_URL \
-    Excluding notebooks: $EXCLUDE_NOTEBOOKS SYFT_VERSION=$SYFT_VERSION; date"
+    Excluding notebooks: $EXCLUDE_NOTEBOOKS SYFT_VERSION=$SYFT_VERSION \
+    EXTERNAL_REGISTRY=$EXTERNAL_REGISTRY EXTERNAL_REGISTRY_USERNAME=$EXTERNAL_REGISTRY_USERNAME \
+    EXTERNAL_REGISTRY_PASSWORD=$EXTERNAL_REGISTRY_PASSWORD; date"
 
 
     # Schema for EXLUDE_NOTEBOOKS is