diff --git a/clients/githubrepo/branches_e2e_test.go b/clients/githubrepo/branches_e2e_test.go
index e905dd80..fa617817 100644
--- a/clients/githubrepo/branches_e2e_test.go
+++ b/clients/githubrepo/branches_e2e_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ var _ = Describe("E2E TEST: githubrepo.branchesHandler", func() {
 	})
 
 	Context("E2E TEST: Validate query cost", func() {
+		skipIfTokenIsNot(githubWorkflowDefaultTokenType, "GITHUB_TOKEN only")
+
 		It("Should not have increased for HEAD query", func() {
 			repourl := &repoURL{
 				owner:     "ossf",
diff --git a/clients/githubrepo/githubrepo_suite_test.go b/clients/githubrepo/githubrepo_suite_test.go
index 13ecb8fb..1fbb72b4 100644
--- a/clients/githubrepo/githubrepo_suite_test.go
+++ b/clients/githubrepo/githubrepo_suite_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package githubrepo
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
@@ -39,6 +40,21 @@ func TestGithubrepo(t *testing.T) {
 
 var graphClient *githubv4.Client
 
+type tokenType int
+
+const (
+	patTokenType tokenType = iota
+	githubWorkflowDefaultTokenType
+)
+
+var tokType tokenType
+
+func skipIfTokenIsNot(t tokenType, msg string) {
+	if tokType != t {
+		Skip(msg)
+	}
+}
+
 var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	logger := log.NewLogger(log.DebugLevel)
@@ -47,4 +63,14 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 		Transport: rt,
 	}
 	graphClient = githubv4.NewClient(httpClient)
+
+	tt := os.Getenv("TOKEN_TYPE")
+	switch tt {
+	case "PAT":
+		tokType = patTokenType
+	case "GITHUB_TOKEN":
+		tokType = githubWorkflowDefaultTokenType
+	default:
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("invald TOKEN_TYPE: %s", tt))
+	}
 })