diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index ea4a47f504..89a648b6b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ jobs:
   run_system_tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 500
+    env:
+      AWS_EC2_METADATA_DISABLED: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout neofs-testcases repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3