diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 93eea81c3f..8ea713372b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -123,8 +123,14 @@ jobs:
             echo Skipping unstable tests
             echo "mark_expression=and not unstable" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           fi
+      - name: Select test secret usage
+        id: select-test-secrets
+        if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != 'canonical/postgresql-operator' }}
+        run: |
+          echo Skipping tests using secrets
+          echo "mark_secrets=and not uses_secrets" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Run integration tests
-        run: tox run -e ${{ matrix.tox-environment }} -- -m 'not ${{ matrix.exclude-mark }} ${{ steps.select-test-stability.outputs.mark_expression }}' --keep-models
+        run: tox run -e ${{ matrix.tox-environment }} -- -m 'not ${{ matrix.exclude-mark }} ${{ steps.select-test-secrets.outputs.mark_secrets }} ${{ steps.select-test-stability.outputs.mark_expression }}' --keep-models
         env:
           SECRETS_FROM_GITHUB: |
             {
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_backups.py b/tests/integration/test_backups.py
index 07ee7a218a..e028b481dd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_backups.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_backups.py
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ async def cloud_configs(ops_test: OpsTest, github_secrets) -> None:
             bucket_object.delete()
 
 
+async def test_none() -> None:
+    """Empty test so that the suite will not fail if all tests are skippedi."""
+    pass
+
+
+@pytest.mark.uses_secrets
 @pytest.mark.abort_on_fail
 async def test_backup(ops_test: OpsTest, cloud_configs: Tuple[Dict, Dict]) -> None:
     """Build and deploy two units of PostgreSQL and then test the backup and restore actions."""
@@ -216,6 +222,7 @@ async def test_backup(ops_test: OpsTest, cloud_configs: Tuple[Dict, Dict]) -> No
     await ops_test.model.remove_application(TLS_CERTIFICATES_APP_NAME, block_until_done=True)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.uses_secrets
 async def test_restore_on_new_cluster(ops_test: OpsTest) -> None:
     """Test that is possible to restore a backup to another PostgreSQL cluster."""
     charm = await ops_test.build_charm(".")
@@ -293,6 +300,7 @@ async def test_restore_on_new_cluster(ops_test: OpsTest) -> None:
     connection.close()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.uses_secrets
 async def test_invalid_config_and_recovery_after_fixing_it(
     ops_test: OpsTest, cloud_configs: Tuple[Dict, Dict]
 ) -> None: