diff --git a/.github/workflows/owasp.yml b/.github/workflows/owasp.yml
index d168ef811..5f2578351 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/owasp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/owasp.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate DependencyCheck report
         run: ./gradlew dependencyCheckAggregate
+        env:
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_OWASP_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_OWASP_API_KEY }}
       - name: upload-sarif-4
         uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
         with:
           sarif_file: ./build/reports/owasp-dependency-check/dependency-check-report.sarif
-
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2002e06ae..e6b33f213 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ allprojects {
 dependencyCheck {
     outputDirectory = "$buildDir/reports/owasp-dependency-check"
     formats = [ReportGenerator.Format.SARIF.toString()]
+    nvd.apiKey = project.findProperty("OWASP_API_KEY")
 }
 
 def static readEnvFile(path = ".env") {