diff --git a/.github/workflows/notebook-qa.yml b/.github/workflows/notebook-qa.yml
index 3df1fcc..3ec6624 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/notebook-qa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/notebook-qa.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ on:
         required: false
       JIRA_PROJECT_KEY:
         required: false
+      CDSAPI_KEY:
+        required: false
 
 env:
   QA_OUTPUT_DIR: qa_outputs${{ github.run_id }}