diff --git a/internal/client/connutils.go b/internal/client/connutils.go
index 31045841..ac70c762 100644
--- a/internal/client/connutils.go
+++ b/internal/client/connutils.go
@@ -1543,6 +1543,11 @@ func (r *configResolver) parseCloudInstanceNameIntoConfig(
 		profile := "default"
 		if r.profile.val != nil {
 			profile = r.profile.val.(string)
+		} else {
+			if p, ok := os.LookupEnv("EDGEDB_CLOUD_PROFILE"); ok {
+				r.setProfile(p, "EDGEDB_CLOUD_PROFILE environment variable")
+				profile = r.profile.val.(string)
+			}
 		}
 
 		path := path.Join(dir, "cloud-credentials", profile+".json")
diff --git a/shared-client-testcases b/shared-client-testcases
index 0e0ae1c3..4f45667e 160000
--- a/shared-client-testcases
+++ b/shared-client-testcases
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0e0ae1c31b3aa04104b344d200967b5ddad66605
+Subproject commit 4f45667e5fe25bed3b1fe17ee3d93cdf52c1fa77