diff --git a/tests/test_code_replacement.py b/tests/test_code_replacement.py
index 59385189d..2d1e595c0 100644
--- a/tests/test_code_replacement.py
+++ b/tests/test_code_replacement.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 
-os.environ["CODEFLASH_API_KEY"] = "test-key"
+os.environ["CODEFLASH_API_KEY"] = "cf-test-key"
 from codeflash.code_utils.code_replacer import replace_function_in_file
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_merge_tests.py b/tests/test_merge_tests.py
index caac29435..45279fe27 100644
--- a/tests/test_merge_tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_merge_tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
-os.environ["CODEFLASH_API_KEY"] = "test-key"
+os.environ["CODEFLASH_API_KEY"] = "cf-test-key"
 from codeflash.verification.verifier import merge_unit_tests