diff --git a/.gitleaks.toml b/.gitleaks.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f5e068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitleaks.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Gitleaks configuration
+# https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks#configuration
+
+[allowlist]
+# Test files that contain variable names matching secret patterns (e.g., s3_key)
+paths = [
+  '''backend/tests/.*\.py''',
+]
diff --git a/.gitleaksignore b/.gitleaksignore
index 2685a75..3a96485 100644
--- a/.gitleaksignore
+++ b/.gitleaksignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ bccbc71c13570d14b8b26a11335c45f102fe3072:backend/tests/unit/test_storage.py:gene
 08dce6cbb836b687002751fed4159bfc2da61f8b:backend/tests/unit/test_storage.py:generic-api-key:381
 617bcbe89cff9a009d77e4f1f1864efed1820e63:backend/tests/unit/test_storage.py:generic-api-key:381
 1cbd33544388e0fe6db752fa8886fab33cf9ce7c:backend/tests/unit/test_storage.py:generic-api-key:381
+7cfad28f678f5a5b8b927d694a17b9ba446b7138:backend/tests/unit/test_storage.py:generic-api-key:381
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 02500dc..81a509f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed production CI deployment namespace to use correct `orch-namespace` (#54)
+- Added gitleaks config to allowlist test files from secret scanning (#54)
 
 ## [0.5.0] - 2026-01-23
 ### Added