diff --git a/.github/workflows/security-and-quality-check.yml b/.github/workflows/security-and-quality-check.yml
index 61948a6..840e69d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/security-and-quality-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security-and-quality-check.yml
@@ -58,12 +58,11 @@ jobs:
         done
 
     - name: Run Gitleaks
-      uses: gitleaks/gitleaks-action@v2  # Use Gitleaks to scan for sensitive information
+      run: |  # Use Gitleaks CLI directly for scanning sensitive data
+        echo "Running Gitleaks..."
+        gitleaks detect --source . --config-path .github/gitleaks.toml --verbose
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # Set the GitHub token from secrets
-      with:
-        config-path: .github/gitleaks.toml  # Specify the path to the Gitleaks config file
-        verbose: true  # Enable verbose output for more details
 
     - name: Upload Security Results
       if: always()  # Always run this step, regardless of previous failures
diff --git a/backend/tests/manuallyTests/APITestK6LongTest.js b/backend/tests/manuallyTests/APITestK6LongTest.js
index f350795..0900c77 100644
--- a/backend/tests/manuallyTests/APITestK6LongTest.js
+++ b/backend/tests/manuallyTests/APITestK6LongTest.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export default function () {
     const url = 'http://localhost:8081/accounts'; // Endpoint to test
     const params = {
         headers: {
-            'Authorization': 'Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjY2YjkzMmVmNDVkNTExYWEzN2MwMjg4OSIsImVtYWlsIjoiYWRtaW5AZ21haWwuY29tIiwiaXNBZG1pbiI6dHJ1ZSwiaWF0IjoxNzMzMDU1ODcyLCJleHAiOjE3MzMwNTk0NzJ9.urZ7BNWEg0zTNAa2EGALcdgSQjfjdovitzciBciUbGI' // Bearer token for authorization
+            'Authorization': 'Bearer ...' // Bearer token for authorization
         },
     };
 
diff --git a/backend/tests/manuallyTests/APITestK6test.js b/backend/tests/manuallyTests/APITestK6test.js
index 61dbb8f..dc7404a 100644
--- a/backend/tests/manuallyTests/APITestK6test.js
+++ b/backend/tests/manuallyTests/APITestK6test.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export default function () {
     const url = 'http://localhost:8081/accounts'; // Endpoint to test
     const params = {
         headers: {
-            'Authorization': 'Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjY2YjkzMmVmNDVkNTExYWEzN2MwMjg4OSIsImVtYWlsIjoiYWRtaW5AZ21haWwuY29tIiwiaXNBZG1pbiI6dHJ1ZSwiaWF0IjoxNzMzMDU1ODcyLCJleHAiOjE3MzMwNTk0NzJ9.urZ7BNWEg0zTNAa2EGALcdgSQjfjdovitzciBciUbGI' // Bearer token for authorization
+            'Authorization': 'Bearer ...'  // Bearer token for authorization
         },
     };