diff --git a/.github/workflows/dataset_loading.yml b/.github/workflows/dataset_loading.yml
index 3f8b4b040f..eb15e6ad57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dataset_loading.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dataset_loading.yml
@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           make install-for-tests
 
     - name: Run dataset loading tests
+      env:
+        HF_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HF_TOKEN }}
       run: |
         make dataset-load-test