diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-update.R b/tests/testthat/test-update.R
index 9ced000..b87e176 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-update.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-update.R
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 test_that("deepl_update() works", {
+
   dir <- withr::local_tempdir()
   file <- file.path(dir, "bla.md")
   fs::file_create(file)
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ test_that("deepl_update() works", {
   })
 
   gert::git_init(dir)
+  gert::git_config_set("user.name", "Jane Doe", repo = dir)
+  gert::git_config_set("user.email", "jane@example.com", repo = dir)
   gert::git_add(c(fs::path_file(file), fs::path_file(out_file)), repo = dir)
   gert::git_commit_all("First commit", repo = dir)