diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 15dc3b8..ca6bdfe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest>=8.4.0",
     "pytest-asyncio>=0.24.0",
     "pytest-cov>=6.0.0",
+    "python-dotenv>=1.0.0",
     "ruff>=0.13.0",
     "ty>=0.0.20",
 ]
diff --git a/tests-integration/conftest.py b/tests-integration/conftest.py
index 31d7393..c0eda8e 100644
--- a/tests-integration/conftest.py
+++ b/tests-integration/conftest.py
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@
 
 import pytest
 import pytest_asyncio
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 from mcp_example.api_client import ExampleClient
 
+load_dotenv()
+
 
 def pytest_configure(config):
     """Check for required environment variables before running tests."""