diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 8db4f5bf..3827ac81 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ We're excited you're interested in contributing to Graphiti! This document outli
      ```
      make install
      ```
+   - To run integration tests, set the appropriate environment variables
+     ```
+     export TEST_OPENAI_API_KEY=...
+     export TEST_OPENAI_MODEL=...
+
+     export NEO4J_URI=neo4j://...
+     export NEO4J_USER=...
+     export NEO4J_PASSWORD=...
+     ```
 
 ## Making Changes