diff --git a/.github/workflows/core-hw.yml b/.github/workflows/core-hw.yml
index 07435b36de..c2a8ef3b2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core-hw.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core-hw.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       PYTEST_TIMEOUT: 1200  # 20m single test timeout
       PYOPT: 0
       DISABLE_OPTIGA: 1
+      STORAGE_INSECURE_TESTING_MODE: 1
       BOOTLOADER_DEVEL: ${{ matrix.model == 'T2B1' && '1' || '0' }}
       TESTOPTS: "-k 'not authenticate and not recovery and not lots' --session-timeout 19800"  # 5.5h pytest global timeout
       TT_UHUB_PORT: 1