diff --git a/apps/api/vitest.setup.ts b/apps/api/vitest.setup.ts
index 6156f98..dcaba3a 100644
--- a/apps/api/vitest.setup.ts
+++ b/apps/api/vitest.setup.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import * as fs from "fs";
 // This allows local integration tests to run with a local database
 // CI environments explicitly provide DATABASE_URL in the test step, so skip loading .env.test there
 const envTestPath = path.resolve(__dirname, ".env.test");
-const isCI = process.env.CI === "true" || process.env.WOODPECKER === "true";
+const isCI =
+  process.env.CI === "true" ||
+  process.env.CI === "woodpecker" ||
+  process.env.CI_PIPELINE_EVENT !== undefined;
 
 if (!isCI && fs.existsSync(envTestPath)) {
   const result = dotenv.config({ path: envTestPath });