diff --git a/src/test/python/test_release_mixin.py b/src/test/python/test_release_mixin.py
index 291eb73..a2539a6 100644
--- a/src/test/python/test_release_mixin.py
+++ b/src/test/python/test_release_mixin.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ def test_release_mixin(tmp_path):
     copy_resource(Path("package.json"), tmp_path)
     project = Project(str_tmp_path, name="name")
 
+    os.environ["RELEASE_ARTIFACT_TOKEN"] = "ratoken"
+
     sut = ReleaseMixin(
         project,
         devops_config(