diff --git a/cypress.json b/cypress.json
index e06de8e4c5..dfa75fdc57 100644
--- a/cypress.json
+++ b/cypress.json
@@ -6,5 +6,10 @@
   "pluginsFile": "cypress/plugins/index.ts",
   "fixturesFolder": "cypress/fixtures",
   "baseUrl": "http://localhost:4000",
-  "retries": 2
+  "retries": 2,
+  "env": {
+    "DSPACE_TEST_COMMUNITY": "0958c910-2037-42a9-81c7-dca80e3892b4",
+    "DSPACE_TEST_COLLECTION": "282164f5-d325-4740-8dd1-fa4d6d3e7200",
+    "DSPACE_TEST_ENTITY_PUBLICATION": "e98b0f27-5c19-49a0-960d-eb6ad5287067"
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cypress/support/index.ts b/cypress/support/index.ts
index e8b10b9cfb..5a30a5e002 100644
--- a/cypress/support/index.ts
+++ b/cypress/support/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 import 'cypress-axe';
 
 // Global constants used in tests
-export const TEST_COLLECTION = '282164f5-d325-4740-8dd1-fa4d6d3e7200';
-export const TEST_COMMUNITY = '0958c910-2037-42a9-81c7-dca80e3892b4';
-export const TEST_ENTITY_PUBLICATION = 'e98b0f27-5c19-49a0-960d-eb6ad5287067';
+// May be overridden in our cypress.json config file using specified environment variables.
+// Default UUIDs listed here are all in the Demo Entities Data set available at
+// https://github.com/DSpace-Labs/AIP-Files/releases/tag/demo-entities-data
+// (This is the data set used in our CI environment)
+export const TEST_COLLECTION = Cypress.env("DSPACE_TEST_COLLECTION") || '282164f5-d325-4740-8dd1-fa4d6d3e7200';
+export const TEST_COMMUNITY = Cypress.env("DSPACE_TEST_COMMUNITY") || '0958c910-2037-42a9-81c7-dca80e3892b4';
+export const TEST_ENTITY_PUBLICATION = Cypress.env("DSPACE_TEST_ENTITY_PUBLICATION") || 'e98b0f27-5c19-49a0-960d-eb6ad5287067';