diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index cf472ab8b37..c063d7af55d 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ jobs:
               echo "export NORMALIZED_BRANCH=master" >> $BASH_ENV
               echo "export DOCKER_TAG=${CIRCLE_TAG}" >> $BASH_ENV
             fi
+      - run:
+          name: Test GH Token
+          command: |
+            if [ -n "$GH_TOKEN" ]; then
+              echo "GH_TOKEN is set"
+              sudo mkdir -p -m 755 /etc/apt/keyrings && wget -qO- https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null \
+              && sudo chmod go+r /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
+              && echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null \
+              && sudo apt update \
+              && sudo apt install gh -y
+              gh auth status
+            else
+              echo "GH_TOKEN is not set"
+              exit 1
+            fi
       - run:
           name: Build webknossos-dev docker image
           command: |