diff --git a/platform-tests/src/test/java/org/junit/platform/reporting/open/xml/OpenTestReportGeneratingListenerTests.java b/platform-tests/src/test/java/org/junit/platform/reporting/open/xml/OpenTestReportGeneratingListenerTests.java
index 6a869b5ec1ed..686844b0857e 100644
--- a/platform-tests/src/test/java/org/junit/platform/reporting/open/xml/OpenTestReportGeneratingListenerTests.java
+++ b/platform-tests/src/test/java/org/junit/platform/reporting/open/xml/OpenTestReportGeneratingListenerTests.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void includesGitInfoWhenEnabled(String originUrl, @TempDir Path tempDirectory) t
 
 		execGit(tempDirectory, "config", "user.name", "Alice");
 		execGit(tempDirectory, "config", "user.email", "alice@example.org");
-		execGit(tempDirectory, "commit", "-m", "Initial commit");
+		execGit(tempDirectory, "commit", "--no-gpg-sign", "-m", "Initial commit");
 
 		var engine = new DemoHierarchicalTestEngine("dummy");
 
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ private static ProcessResult tryExecGit(Path workingDir, String... arguments) th
 		System.out.println("$ git " + String.join(" ", arguments));
 		return new ProcessStarter() //
 				.executable(Path.of("git")) //
+				.putEnvironment("GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL", "/dev/null") // https://git-scm.com/docs/git#Documentation/git.txt-GITCONFIGGLOBAL
 				.workingDir(workingDir) //
 				.addArguments(arguments) //
 				.startAndWait();