diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend.yml b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
index 8ec12676edd444..842cf840959fe3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ jobs:
           # https://github.com/codecov/codecov-bash/blob/7100762afbc822b91806a6574658129fe0d23a7d/codecov#L891
           fetch-depth: '2'
 
+      - name: Update environment for silo tests
+        run: |
+          echo "SENTRY_FORCE_SILOED_TESTS=1" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
       - name: Setup sentry env
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-sentry
         id: setup
@@ -130,6 +134,10 @@ jobs:
           # https://github.com/codecov/codecov-bash/blob/7100762afbc822b91806a6574658129fe0d23a7d/codecov#L891
           fetch-depth: '2'
 
+      - name: Update environment for silo tests
+        run: |
+          echo "SENTRY_FORCE_SILOED_TESTS=1" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
       - name: Setup sentry env
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-sentry
         id: setup
@@ -161,6 +169,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@93ea575cb5d8a053eaa0ac8fa3b40d7e05a33cc8 # v3.1.0
 
+      - name: Update environment for silo tests
+        run: |
+          echo "SENTRY_FORCE_SILOED_TESTS=1" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
       - name: Setup sentry env
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-sentry
         id: setup