diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/bench-pr.yml
index b5ca673670e..5365f173e18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench-pr.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ permissions:
   pull-requests: write  # for commenting on PRs
   id-token: write  # enables AWS-GitHub OIDC
 
+env:
+  VORTEX_OPERATORS: "true"
+
 jobs:
   label_trigger:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index 1acdfc08bf1..a61c57a74d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ permissions:
   actions: read
   contents: write
 
+env:
+  VORTEX_OPERATORS: "true"
+
 jobs:
   commit-metadata:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3f5c521c17e..04b08fa45de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ permissions:
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: auto
   RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+  VORTEX_OPERATORS: "true"
 
 jobs:
   lint-toml:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-bench.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-bench.yml
index adfb94cbce4..348223c892b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-bench.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ permissions:
   actions: read
   contents: write
 
+env:
+  VORTEX_OPERATORS: "true"
+
 jobs:
   sql:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/sql-benchmarks.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sql-benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/sql-benchmarks.yml
index a99c324801d..779fe290aab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sql-benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sql-benchmarks.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ on:
             },
           ]
 
+env:
+  VORTEX_OPERATORS: "true"
+
 jobs:
   bench:
     timeout-minutes: 120
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sql-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/sql-pr.yml
index fd30b694393..3f13be09170 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sql-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sql-pr.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ permissions:
   pull-requests: write  # for commenting on PRs
   id-token: write  # enables AWS-GitHub OIDC
 
+env:
+  VORTEX_OPERATORS: "true"
+
 jobs:
   label_trigger:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest