diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 2cd1c1d75..0c78753a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ on:
       - '**.md'
 env:
   GO_VERSION: '1.22'
+  AWS_REGION: us-west-2
+  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
 
 jobs:
   e2etest:
@@ -64,9 +67,6 @@ jobs:
           REGISTRY_REPO: 'oci://ghcr.io/mirantis/hmc/charts-ci'
           IMG: 'ghcr.io/mirantis/hmc/controller-ci:${{ steps.vars.outputs.version }}'
           MANAGED_CLUSTER_NAME: '${{ steps.vars.outputs.clustername }}'
-          AWS_REGION: us-west-2
-          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
         run: |
           make test-e2e
       - name: Archive test results