diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-deploy-testnet-l2.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-deploy-testnet-l2.yml
index 503ee23351..fc52b10de5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-deploy-testnet-l2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-deploy-testnet-l2.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           
           echo "BATCH_INTERVAL=${{vars.BATCH_INTERVAL}}"
           echo "ROLLUP_INTERVAL=${{vars.ROLLUP_INTERVAL}}"
+          echo "FAUCET_FUNDS=${{vars.FAUCET_FUNDS}}"
 
       - name: 'Login via Azure CLI'
         uses: azure/login@v1
@@ -326,6 +327,7 @@ jobs:
           -l2_poc_private_key=4bfe14725e685901c062ccd4e220c61cf9c189897b6c78bd18d7f51291b2b8f8 \
           -message_bus_contract_addr=${{ needs.build.outputs.MSG_BUS_CONTRACT_ADDR }} \
           -docker_image=${{vars.L2_HARDHATDEPLOYER_DOCKER_BUILD_TAG}}
+          -faucet_funds=${{vars.FAUCET_FUNDS}}
 
       - name: 'Save container logs on failure'
         if: failure()
diff --git a/testnet/launcher/l2contractdeployer/docker.go b/testnet/launcher/l2contractdeployer/docker.go
index 5c04959d9a..564430a067 100644
--- a/testnet/launcher/l2contractdeployer/docker.go
+++ b/testnet/launcher/l2contractdeployer/docker.go
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ func (n *ContractDeployer) Start() error {
 	}
 
 	envs := map[string]string{
-		"MESSAGE_BUS_ADDRESS": n.cfg.messageBusAddress,
+		"PREFUND_FAUCET_AMOUNT": n.cfg.faucetPrefundAmount,
+		"MESSAGE_BUS_ADDRESS":   n.cfg.messageBusAddress,
 		"NETWORK_JSON": fmt.Sprintf(`
 {
         "layer1" : {