diff --git a/.github/ci.env b/.github/ci.env
index 9eea1cac7..504118f27 100644
--- a/.github/ci.env
+++ b/.github/ci.env
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ AUTH_SERVER_ENCRYPTION_SERVER_KEY=1087415dfde3093797f9a7ca93a49e7d7aa1861735eb0d
 VALET_TOKEN_SECRET=4b886819ebe1e908077c6cae96311b48a8416bd60cc91c03060e15bdf6b30d1f
 
 SYNCING_SERVER_CONTENT_SIZE_TRANSFER_LIMIT=100000
+
+HTTP_REQUEST_PAYLOAD_LIMIT_MEGABYTES=1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-home-server.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-home-server.yml
index efadb8a8b..a160fc448 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-home-server.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-home-server.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
         echo "REFRESH_TOKEN_AGE=10" >> packages/home-server/.env
         echo "REVISIONS_FREQUENCY=2" >> packages/home-server/.env
         echo "CONTENT_SIZE_TRANSFER_LIMIT=100000" >> packages/home-server/.env
+        echo "HTTP_REQUEST_PAYLOAD_LIMIT_MEGABYTES=1" >> packages/home-server/.env
         echo "DB_HOST=localhost" >> packages/home-server/.env
         echo "DB_PORT=3306" >> packages/home-server/.env
         echo "DB_DATABASE=standardnotes" >> packages/home-server/.env