diff --git a/project/settings.py b/project/settings.py
index 3ac3b064926c931699f0627d2833e822b6c31bf2..7d5cdd09871ab9607fba78127e26dc718f96d17c 100644
--- a/project/settings.py
+++ b/project/settings.py
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
 # django-allauth settings
 HEADLESS_ONLY = True
 SOCIALACCOUNT_ONLY = True
+ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = "none"  # required by SOCIALACCOUNT_ONLY = True
 SOCIALACCOUNT_PROVIDERS = {}
 
 IAM4NFDI_CLIENT_ID = os.environ.get("IAM4NFDI_CLIENT_ID", None)