diff --git a/comp/otelcol/otlp/integrationtest/integration_test_config.yaml b/comp/otelcol/otlp/integrationtest/integration_test_config.yaml
index 532519050e0f4..b6e25d8d823c0 100644
--- a/comp/otelcol/otlp/integrationtest/integration_test_config.yaml
+++ b/comp/otelcol/otlp/integrationtest/integration_test_config.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ exporters:
   debug:
   datadog:
     api:
-      key: ${env:DD_API_KEY}
+      key: "00000000000000000000000000000000"
     traces:
       endpoint: ${env:SERVER_URL}
       trace_buffer: 10