diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yml
index 3dea2548c..db595b0bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e_tests.yml
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Deduplication Example
         env:
           ENV: 'dev'
+          ENABLE_BACKEND_ACCESS_CONTROL: 'false'
           LLM_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }} # Test needs OpenAI endpoint to handle multimedia
           OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
           EMBEDDING_MODEL: ${{ secrets.EMBEDDING_MODEL }}