diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
index debe2628477..dbbdbcd04ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         files: ./coverage.xml
         name: codecov-envoy-gateway
         verbose: true
-        use_oidc: true
+        use_oidc: ${{ !(github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork) }}
 
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest