diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/README.md b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/README.md
index d6472d6e9c89..841b534368b4 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/README.md
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/README.md
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ This command runs the Python tests for a airbyte-ci poetry package.
 ## Changelog
 | Version | PR                                                         | Description                                                                                               |
 | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| 2.5.8   | [#32402](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/32402)  | Set Dagger Cloud token for airbyters only                                                                 |
 | 2.5.7   | [#31628](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/31628)  | Add ClickPipelineContext class                                                                            |
 | 2.5.6   | [#32139](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/32139)  | Test coverage report on Python connector UnitTest.                                                        |
 | 2.5.5   | [#32114](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/32114)  | Create cache mount for `/var/lib/docker` to store images in `dind` context.                               |
diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/cli/dagger_run.py b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/cli/dagger_run.py
index 7c3ee1c12ff2..74e891720d20 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/cli/dagger_run.py
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pipelines/cli/dagger_run.py
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ def check_dagger_cli_install() -> str:
 
 def main():
     set_working_directory_to_root()
-    os.environ[DAGGER_CLOUD_TOKEN_ENV_VAR_NAME_VALUE[0]] = DAGGER_CLOUD_TOKEN_ENV_VAR_NAME_VALUE[1]
+    if (os.environ.get("AIRBYTE_ROLE") == "airbyter") or (os.environ.get("CI") == "True"):
+        os.environ[DAGGER_CLOUD_TOKEN_ENV_VAR_NAME_VALUE[0]] = DAGGER_CLOUD_TOKEN_ENV_VAR_NAME_VALUE[1]
+
     exit_code = 0
     if len(sys.argv) > 1 and any([arg in ARGS_DISABLING_TUI for arg in sys.argv]):
         command = ["airbyte-ci-internal"] + [arg for arg in sys.argv[1:] if arg != "--no-tui"]
diff --git a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pyproject.toml b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pyproject.toml
index 2c54d7239e6d..8b0882b08d6f 100644
--- a/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pyproject.toml
+++ b/airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pipelines"
-version = "2.5.7"
+version = "2.5.8"
 description = "Packaged maintained by the connector operations team to perform CI for connectors' pipelines"
 authors = ["Airbyte <contact@airbyte.io>"]