diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/ci.bats b/integration-tests/bats/ci.bats
index c152bd3872..25becae167 100644
--- a/integration-tests/bats/ci.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/ci.bats
@@ -10,8 +10,15 @@ teardown() {
     teardown_common
 }
 
+skip_remote_engine() {
+    if [ "$SQL_ENGINE" = "remote-engine" ]; then
+     skip "session ctx in shell is not the same as session in server"
+    fi
+}
+
 @test "ci: init should create dolt ci workflow tables" {
-    dolt ci init
+    skip_remote_engine
+
     run dolt ci init
     [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 
@@ -29,3 +36,24 @@ teardown() {
     [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }
 
+@test "ci: should not allow users to alter the rows or schema of dolt ci workflow tables directly" {
+    skip_remote_engine
+
+    run dolt ci init
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+    run dolt sql -q "show create table dolt_ci_workflows;"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "name" ]] || false
+
+    run dolt sql -q "insert into dolt_ci_workflows (name, created_at, updated_at) values ('workflow_1', current_timestamp, current_timestamp);"
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+
+    run dolt sql -q "alter table dolt_ci_workflows add column test_col int;"
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "table dolt_ci_workflows cannot be altered" ]] || false
+
+    run dolt sql -q "alter table dolt_ci_workflows drop column name;"
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "table dolt_ci_workflows cannot be altered" ]] || false
+}