diff --git a/.circleci/setupAndTestWithAuthReact.sh b/.circleci/setupAndTestWithAuthReact.sh
index e77542912..99b44cb89 100755
--- a/.circleci/setupAndTestWithAuthReact.sh
+++ b/.circleci/setupAndTestWithAuthReact.sh
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ npm run init
 (cd ./examples/for-tests && npm run link) # this is there because in linux machine, postinstall in npm doesn't work..
 cd ./test/server/
 GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh" npm i -d
-npm i git+https://github.com:supertokens/supertokens-node.git#$3
+GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh" npm i git+https://github.com:supertokens/supertokens-node.git#$3
 cd ../../
 cd ../project/test/auth-react-server
-npm i -d
+GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh" npm i -d
 TEST_MODE=testing node . &
 pid=$!
 cd ../../../supertokens-auth-react/