diff --git a/.github/workflows/dotnet-build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/dotnet-build-and-test.yml
index f1a692b80074..dd83478b508b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dotnet-build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dotnet-build-and-test.yml
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ jobs:
           OpenAITextToAudio__ModelId: ${{ vars.OPENAITEXTTOAUDIO__MODELID }}
           OpenAIAudioToText__ApiKey: ${{ secrets.OPENAIAUDIOTOTEXT__APIKEY }}
           OpenAIAudioToText__ModelId: ${{ vars.OPENAIAUDIOTOTEXT__MODELID }}
+          OpenAITextToImage__ApiKey: ${{ secrets.OPENAITEXTTOIMAGE__APIKEY }}
+          OpenAITextToImage__ModelId: ${{ vars.OPENAITEXTTOIMAGE__MODELID }}
           AzureOpenAITextToAudio__ApiKey: ${{ secrets.AZUREOPENAITEXTTOAUDIO__APIKEY }}
           AzureOpenAITextToAudio__Endpoint: ${{ secrets.AZUREOPENAITEXTTOAUDIO__ENDPOINT }}
           AzureOpenAITextToAudio__DeploymentName: ${{ vars.AZUREOPENAITEXTTOAUDIO__DEPLOYMENTNAME }}
diff --git a/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/Planners/Handlebars/HandlebarsPlannerTests.cs b/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/Planners/Handlebars/HandlebarsPlannerTests.cs
index 5ed6d6364d6d..bae2d4b98742 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/Planners/Handlebars/HandlebarsPlannerTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/Planners/Handlebars/HandlebarsPlannerTests.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace SemanticKernel.IntegrationTests.Planners.Handlebars;
 
 public sealed class HandlebarsPlannerTests
 {
-    [Theory]
+    [Theory(Skip = "This test is for manual verification.")]
     [InlineData("Write a joke and send it in an e-mail to Kai.", "SendEmail", "test")]
     public async Task CreatePlanFunctionFlowAsync(string goal, string expectedFunction, string expectedPlugin)
     {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public async Task CreatePlanFunctionFlowAsync(string goal, string expectedFuncti
         );
     }
 
-    [RetryTheory]
+    [RetryTheory(Skip = "This test is for manual verification.")]
     [InlineData("Write a novel about software development that is 3 chapters long.", "NovelChapter", "WriterPlugin")]
     public async Task CreatePlanWithDefaultsAsync(string goal, string expectedFunction, string expectedPlugin)
     {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public async Task CreatePlanWithDefaultsAsync(string goal, string expectedFuncti
         );
     }
 
-    [Theory]
+    [Theory(Skip = "This test is for manual verification.")]
     [InlineData("List each property of the default Qux object.", "## Complex types", """
         ### Qux:
         {
diff --git a/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/testsettings.json b/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/testsettings.json
index c3a0c04301b5..131881900692 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/testsettings.json
+++ b/dotnet/src/IntegrationTests/testsettings.json
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
     "Endpoint": "",
     "ApiKey": ""
   },
+  "OpenAITextToImage": {
+    "ModelId": "dall-e-2",
+    "ApiKey": ""
+  },
   "AzureOpenAITextToImage": {
     "ServiceId": "azure-dalle3",
     "DeploymentName": "dall-e-3",