diff --git a/radicle-cli/tests/commands.rs b/radicle-cli/tests/commands.rs
index 33e3ae8f..d53b15e4 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/tests/commands.rs
+++ b/radicle-cli/tests/commands.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ fn test<'a>(
         .env("RAD_HOME", home.to_string_lossy())
         .env("RAD_PASSPHRASE", "radicle")
         .env("RAD_SEED", RAD_SEED)
+        .env("EDITOR", "true")
         .env("TZ", "UTC")
         .env("LANG", "C")
         .env(radicle_cob::git::RAD_COMMIT_TIME, "1671125284")