diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/earthly.yml b/.gitea/workflows/earthly.yml
index ef90617..ac2022e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/earthly.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/earthly.yml
@@ -10,14 +10,18 @@ jobs:
   tests:
     name: example earthly test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      EARTHLY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.EARTHLY_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - uses: earthly/actions-setup@v1
         with:
           version: "latest" # or pin to an specific version, e.g. "0.8.1"
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Docker login # to avoid dockerhub rate-limiting
         run: docker login --username "${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}" --password "${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}"
       - name: what version is installed?
         run: earthly --version
+      - name: use sattelite Alpha
+        run: earthly sat select alpha
       - name: run the earthly hello world
         run: earthly github.com/earthly/hello-world:main+hello
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