diff --git a/bridge/github/config_test.go b/bridge/github/config_test.go
index eecb1aa8fd2b784a0b8c8735bc888b2eb54ca110..1f1d53b876ba828841e4b456c88d369d7f57899a 100644
--- a/bridge/github/config_test.go
+++ b/bridge/github/config_test.go
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ func TestValidateUsername(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skip("Travis environment: avoiding non authenticated requests")
 	}
 
+	if _, has := os.LookupEnv("CI"); has {
+		t.Skip("Github action environment: avoiding non authenticated requests")
+	}
+
 	tests := []struct {
 		name  string
 		input string