diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test_ci.yml
index 80dcd4c18..e206b7d04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test_ci.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ jobs:
 
   e2e-test:
     needs: changes
-    environment: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == true && 'prod-external' || 'prod' }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -99,5 +98,6 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/e2e-test.yaml
     secrets: inherit
     with:
+      environment: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == true && 'prod-external' || 'prod' }}
       e2e-selector: ${{ matrix.flavor }}
       e2e-flags: ${{ matrix.flavor == 'quick' && ''  || '--assert-timeout 20m0s'}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yaml
index 29be8a163..7a3aac047 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ on:
       e2e-flags:
         type: string
         description: "Flags to pass to chainsaw when running e2e tests"
+      environment:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ''
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       e2e-selector:
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ jobs:
     name: ${{ format('{0}-e2e-tests', inputs.e2e-selector) }}
     if: ${{contains(fromJSON(needs.changes.outputs.paths), 'src')}}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
       LINODE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.LINODE_TOKEN }}