diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/examples_tests.yml
index f7cc278cb..a9332cf25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples_tests.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Descriptive Graph Metrics Example
         env:
           ENV: 'dev'
+          ENABLE_BACKEND_ACCESS_CONTROL: 'false'
           LLM_MODEL: ${{ secrets.LLM_MODEL }}
           LLM_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.LLM_ENDPOINT }}
           LLM_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LLM_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/graph_db_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/graph_db_tests.yml
index b07f6232f..e9fd7f4c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/graph_db_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/graph_db_tests.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run default Neo4j
         env:
           ENV: 'dev'
+          ENABLE_BACKEND_ACCESS_CONTROL: 'false'
           LLM_MODEL: ${{ secrets.LLM_MODEL }}
           LLM_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.LLM_ENDPOINT }}
           LLM_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LLM_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vector_db_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/vector_db_tests.yml
index 06b58c962..65b70abe5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vector_db_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vector_db_tests.yml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run PGVector Tests
         env:
           ENV: 'dev'
+          ENABLE_BACKEND_ACCESS_CONTROL: 'false'
           LLM_MODEL: ${{ secrets.LLM_MODEL }}
           LLM_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.LLM_ENDPOINT }}
           LLM_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LLM_API_KEY }}
@@ -127,4 +128,4 @@ jobs:
           EMBEDDING_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.EMBEDDING_ENDPOINT }}
           EMBEDDING_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.EMBEDDING_API_KEY }}
           EMBEDDING_API_VERSION: ${{ secrets.EMBEDDING_API_VERSION }}
-        run: uv run python ./cognee/tests/test_lancedb.py
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: uv run python ./cognee/tests/test_lancedb.py