diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-tests-stack.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-tests-stack.yml
index 2ed61ccedab..7d90d561186 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-tests-stack.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-tests-stack.yml
@@ -438,11 +438,11 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 60
         env:
           ORCHESTRA_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE: "container_stack"
-          AZURE_BLOB_STORAGE_KEY: "Testing"
           TEST_NOTEBOOK_PATHS: "${{ matrix.notebook-paths }}"
           PYTEST_MODULES: "${{ matrix.pytest-modules }}"
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          export AZURE_BLOB_STORAGE_KEY="${{ secrets.AZURE_BLOB_STORAGE_KEY }}"
           tox -e stack.test.notebook
 
       #Run log collector python script
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-tests-syft.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-tests-syft.yml
index 0852db9269b..346e8e5e48e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-tests-syft.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-tests-syft.yml
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ jobs:
           DEV_MODE: "True" # force orchestra --build
           TEST_NOTEBOOK_PATHS: "${{ matrix.notebook-paths }}"
         run: |
+          export AZURE_BLOB_STORAGE_KEY="${{ secrets.AZURE_BLOB_STORAGE_KEY }}"
           tox -e stack.test.notebook
 
   pr-tests-syft-security:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 02341e2f8c7..e31ac92bc90 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -510,14 +510,15 @@ deps =
 changedir = {toxinidir}/notebooks
 allowlist_externals =
     bash
+passenv=HOME, USER, AZURE_BLOB_STORAGE_KEY
 setenv =
     ORCHESTRA_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE = {env:ORCHESTRA_DEPLOYMENT_TYPE:single_container}
     DEV_MODE = {env:DEV_MODE:True}
     TEST_NOTEBOOK_PATHS = {env:TEST_NOTEBOOK_PATHS:api/0.8}
-    AZURE_BLOB_STORAGE_KEY = {env:AZURE_BLOB_STORAGE_KEY:invalid_key}
     ENABLE_SIGNUP = True
 commands =
-    bash -c "echo $AZURE_BLOB_STORAGE_KEY"
+    bash -c "env"
+
     # Volume cleanup
     bash -c 'hagrid land all --force || true'
     bash -c "docker volume rm test-domain-1_mongo-data --force || true"