diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index c716fcf..8595340 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ jobs:
       uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2
     - name: EE token
       run: echo "ACTION_EE_TOKEN=$(gcloud auth print-access-token)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Set Project ID
+      run: echo "PROJECT_ID=openet" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         python -m pytest
diff --git a/openet/core/tests/conftest.py b/openet/core/tests/conftest.py
index 12754ed..0c4ab1c 100644
--- a/openet/core/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/openet/core/tests/conftest.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ def test_init():
     # For GitHub Actions authenticate using workload identify federation
     if "ACTION_EE_TOKEN" in os.environ:
         creds = google.oauth2.credentials.Credentials(os.getenv('ACTION_EE_TOKEN'))
-        ee.Initialize(creds, project=creds.project_id)
+        # ee.Initialize(creds, project=os.getenv('PROJECT_ID'))
+        # ee.Initialize(creds, project=os.getenv('PROJECT_ID'))
     elif 'EE_PRIVATE_KEY_B64' in os.environ:
         print('Writing privatekey.json from environmental variable ...')
         content = base64.b64decode(os.environ['EE_PRIVATE_KEY_B64']).decode('ascii')