diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
index 41a65be92..6e38cd193 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Compile assets
         run: |
           bundle exec rake assets:precompile
+      
+      # This is temporary to fix flaky parallel tests due to `secret_key_base` being read before it's set
+      - name: Create local secret
+        run: |
+          echo $(ruby -e "require 'securerandom'; puts SecureRandom.hex(64)") > tmp/local_secret.txt
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
@@ -244,6 +249,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           bundle exec rake assets:precompile
 
+      - name: Create local secret
+        run: |
+          echo $(ruby -e "require 'securerandom'; puts SecureRandom.hex(64)") > tmp/local_secret.txt
+
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           bundle exec rake parallel:spec['spec/requests']
@@ -303,6 +312,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           bundle exec rake assets:precompile
 
+      - name: Create local secret
+        run: |
+          echo $(ruby -e "require 'securerandom'; puts SecureRandom.hex(64)") > tmp/local_secret.txt
+
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           bundle exec rake parallel:spec['spec\/services']