diff --git a/.circleci/setupAndTestWithAuthReact.sh b/.circleci/setupAndTestWithAuthReact.sh
index ee139d26..038761c4 100755
--- a/.circleci/setupAndTestWithAuthReact.sh
+++ b/.circleci/setupAndTestWithAuthReact.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ cd supertokens-auth-react
 git checkout $2
 npm run init
 cd ./test/server/
-npm i -d
+GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh" npm i -d
 npm i git+https://github.com:supertokens/supertokens-node.git#$3
 cd ../../
 cd ../project/test/auth-react-server