diff --git a/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml
index 61b738ff55..7671919dba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/platform-backend-ci.yml
@@ -48,13 +48,8 @@ jobs:
           - 5672:5672
           - 15672:15672
         env:
-          # We know these are here, don't report this as a security vulnerability
-          # This is used as the default credential for the entire system's RabbitMQ instance
-          # If you want to replace this, you can do so by making our entire system generate
-          # new credentials for each local user and update the environment variables in
-          # the backend service, docker composes, and examples
-          RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER: "rabbitmq_user_default"
-          RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS: "k0VMxyIJF9S35f3x2uaw5IWAl6Y536O7"
+          RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER: ${{ env.RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER }}
+          RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS: ${{ env.RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
@@ -152,6 +147,13 @@ jobs:
       RUN_ENV: local
       PORT: 8080
       OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
+      # We know these are here, don't report this as a security vulnerability
+      # This is used as the default credential for the entire system's RabbitMQ instance
+      # If you want to replace this, you can do so by making our entire system generate
+      # new credentials for each local user and update the environment variables in
+      # the backend service, docker composes, and examples
+      RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_USER: rabbitmq_user_default
+      RABBITMQ_DEFAULT_PASS: k0VMxyIJF9S35f3x2uaw5IWAl6Y536O7
 
       # - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
       #   uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4