Skip authorization while functional testing a Laravel application

Is there a built-in way to skip authorization completely while testing the controllers?

Sample controller:

public function changePassword(Request $request, LdapInterface $ldap)
{
    $this->authorize('change-password');

    $this->validate($request, [
        'pass' => 'min:8|confirmed|weakpass|required', 
    ]);

    $success = $ldap->updatePassword($request->get('pass'));

    $message = $success ?
        'Your e-mail password has been successfully changed' :
        'An error occured while trying to change your alumni e-mail password.';

    return response()->json(['message' => $message]);
}

I want to skip change-password rule, which is defined inside the AuthServiceProvider like:

public function boot(GateContract $gate)
{
    $gate->define('change-password', function ($user) {
        // Some complex logic here
    });
}

I don't want to add smt. like if (env('APP_ENV') == 'testing') return; inside the code.

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