diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/tests/inference/fixtures.py b/llama_stack/providers/tests/inference/fixtures.py
index 5291bffb3..80ee68ba8 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/tests/inference/fixtures.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/tests/inference/fixtures.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def inference_nvidia() -> ProviderFixture:
             Provider(
                 provider_id="nvidia",
                 provider_type="remote::nvidia",
-                config=NVIDIAConfig().model_dump(),
+                config=NVIDIAConfig(api_key=get_env_or_fail("NVIDIA_API_KEY")).model_dump(),
             )
         ],
     )