diff --git a/tests/containers_test.go b/tests/containers_test.go
index c7f6cd39..1c5c4b24 100644
--- a/tests/containers_test.go
+++ b/tests/containers_test.go
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ func TestCLIToolTests(t *testing.T) {
 		fmt.Println("out 1", string(out))
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		cmd = exec.Command("gcloud", "auth", "list")
+		credsFile := os.Getenv("GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS")
+		cmd = exec.Command("gcloud", "auth", "activate-service-account",
+			"pulumi-ci@pulumi-ci-gcp-provider.iam.gserviceaccount.com", "--keyfile", credsFile)
 		out, err = cmd.CombinedOutput()
 		fmt.Println("out 2", string(out))
 		require.NoError(t, err)