diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
index ff75f488d7..3f2f944359 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ jobs:
           ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
           RELEASE: ${{ inputs.stage == 'release' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
+          KBUILD_SIGN_PIN: ${{ secrets.KBUILD_SIGN_PIN }}
 
       - name: Parse OCI image name and digest
         id: parse-oci-segments
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ jobs:
           ARTEFACT_REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
           RELEASE: ${{ inputs.stage == 'release' && 'yes' || 'no' }}
+          KBUILD_SIGN_PIN: ${{ secrets.KBUILD_SIGN_PIN }}
 
       - name: store-artifact ${{ matrix.asset }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-nvidia-gpu.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-nvidia-gpu.yaml
index c6e285a41b..8e250c3d17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-nvidia-gpu.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-k8s-tests-on-nvidia-gpu.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         k8s:
           - kubeadm
     runs-on: amd64-nvidia-a100
+    environment: nvidia
     env:
       DOCKER_REGISTRY: ${{ inputs.registry }}
       DOCKER_REPO: ${{ inputs.repo }}