diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
index d8c6066..3f3938b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ jobs:
       # TODO - nonsensical failure on gitea
       # - name: "Run DB container"
       #   run: docker compose -f test/compose.yml up --wait
+      - name: "Set up gitea access token"
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CICD_REPO_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          git config --global url."https://$TOKEN:@git.vdb.to/".insteadOf "https://git.vdb.to/"
       - name: "Run tests"
         run: go test -v ./...