diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_neo4j.yml b/.github/workflows/test_neo4j.yml
index 998dc4b42..7df15a62a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_neo4j.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_neo4j.yml
@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ jobs:
           LLM_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
           GRAPH_DATABASE_URL: ${{ secrets.NEO4J_API_URL }}
           GRAPH_DATABASE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.NEO4J_API_KEY }}
+          GRAPH_DATABASE_USERNAME: "neo4j"
           ENV: 'dev'
         run: poetry run python ./cognee/tests/test_neo4j.py