diff --git a/ci/configuration.yaml b/ci/configuration.yaml
index 1102dc73e..8f88e50f0 100644
--- a/ci/configuration.yaml
+++ b/ci/configuration.yaml
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ emg:
     celery_backend: 'redis://localhost:6379/1'
   results_production_dir: '/dummy/path/results'
   # metagenomics exchange
-  me_api: 'https://wwwdev.ebi.ac.uk/ena/registry/metagenome/api'
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+  me_api: 'https://wwwdev.ebi.ac.uk/ena/registry/metagenome/api'
+  ena_api_password: None
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