diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 73d77de5..73117c3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ jobs:
   tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    environment:
+      name: tests
+
+    env:
+      HF_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HF_TOKEN }}
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/tests/data/test_template.py b/tests/data/test_template.py
index fa82973b..ceb8acc4 100644
--- a/tests/data/test_template.py
+++ b/tests/data/test_template.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def _check_tokenization(
 
 
 def _check_single_template(model_id: str, template_name: str, prompt_str: str, answer_str: str, use_fast: bool):
-    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id, use_fast=use_fast)
+    tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id, use_fast=use_fast, token=os.environ.get("HF_TOKEN", None))
     content_str = tokenizer.apply_chat_template(MESSAGES, tokenize=False).rstrip("\n")  # avoid extra newline
     content_ids = tokenizer.encode(content_str, add_special_tokens=False)
     template = get_template_and_fix_tokenizer(tokenizer, name=template_name)